A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7824 East, latitude 9.7895 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:39:36 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/19 / 2019-05-07 21:39:36 / May 7, 2019 @ 9:39 pm. Unique identifier: us70003m24. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003m24. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 68 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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