A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Alugan in Philippines on Saturday. Unique identifier: us2000jbz1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbz1. The temblor was reported at 12:49:51 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 04:49:51 / January 19, 2019 @ 4:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.9343° East, 12.7222° North.
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Oras (c. 9 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Can-Avid (c. 5 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arteche (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Can-Avid, Palapag, Dolores.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
Questions or comments?
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: 74 km NE of Alugan, Philippines.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply