A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Namuac in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 121.3075° East, latitude 18.9802° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pwhx. Event ids that are associated: us7000pwhx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 02:45:10 / May 2, 2025 @ 2:45 am. The temblor was detected at 02:45:10 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aparri, Ballesteros, Cabaritan East (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 43 km NNE of Namuac, Philippines.
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