A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0344 East, latitude 20.8637 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 00:10:35 / July 27, 2019 @ 12:10 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:10:35 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004znd. Id of event: us60004znd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 21 km ENE of Itbayat, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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