A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Basco in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 01:34:47 / July 19, 2025 @ 1:34 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:34:47 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qdky. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qdky. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.2614° East, latitude 19.8408° North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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