A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Cabodiongan in Philippines. Global time and date of event 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 00:32:13 / February 4, 2019 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 125.0549 East, latitude 13.0366 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jn99. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn99. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:32:13 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Mondragon (c. 5 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Arteche (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arteche, Gamay, Catarman.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 41 km N of Cabodiongan, Philippines.
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