A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Aurora in Philippines. Global time and date of event 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 04:19:17 / January 1, 2019 @ 4:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 43.69 km, 125.8473° East, 8.5769° North. Id of earthquake: us2000izkx. Event ids that are associated: us2000izkx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:19:17 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.69 km (27 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Medina, Aglayan, Linabo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 2 km SSE of Aurora, Philippines.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply