A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:24:39 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3555 East, latitude 9.8287 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 10:24:39 / February 10, 2019 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnhq. Unique identifier: us2000jnhq.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tago, Tandag, Placer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 22 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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