A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Sunday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:13:30 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.2447° East, latitude 9.7777° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 22:13:30 / February 9, 2019 @ 10:13 pm. 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: us2000jngp. Unique identifier: us2000jngp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tago, Mainit, Surigao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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