A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.5994 East, latitude 17.5558 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 10:07:11 / December 22, 2024 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:07:11 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phlp. Unique identifier: us6000phlp. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Vigan. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines.
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