A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 03:43:11 / December 19, 2024 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:43:11 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000phia. Event ids that are associated: us6000phia. Exact location of event, longitude 119.5511 East, latitude 17.5823 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Vigan.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 85 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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