A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4691 East, latitude 9.8074 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 06:51:19 / April 28, 2019 @ 6:51 am. Id of earthquake: us70003dbm. Event ids that are associated: us70003dbm. The temblor was detected at 14:51:19 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Placer, Bacuag, Tago (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km E of General Luna, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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