A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 06:59:34 / December 19, 2024 @ 6:59 am. Unique identifier: us6000phif. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phif. The temblor was picked up at 06:59:34 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 119.5736° East, latitude 17.5842° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Bantay, Vigan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines.
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