A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 01:24:44 / July 27, 2019 @ 1:24 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004wav. Unique identifier: us60004wav. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.046 East, latitude 20.7888 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:24:44 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km E of Itbayat, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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