A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 121.3371 East, latitude 19.8977 North, depth = 37.706 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.706 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pvz6. Event ids that are associated: us6000pvz6. The temblor was picked up at 03:27:09 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 03:27:09 / February 28, 2025 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco. Nearby 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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