A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 119.5223° East, 17.506° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phh5. Id of event: us6000phh5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 16:02:49 / December 18, 2024 @ 4:02 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:02:49 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearby 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 Bantay, Vigan.
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 fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines.
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