A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 119.5042° East, latitude 17.5669° North, depth = 18.745 km. Id of earthquake: us6000phiv. Event ids that are associated: us6000phiv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 12:51:35 / December 19, 2024 @ 12:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.745 km (12 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:51:35 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bantay, Vigan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 90 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines.
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