A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cabodiongan in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 125.0458° East, 12.7105° North, depth 64.27 km. Global time and date of event 07/06/15 / 2015-06-07 01:38:17 / June 7, 2015 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:38:17 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.27 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20002qq0. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002qq0.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Can-Avid, Pagsanghan, Dolores. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km N of Cabodiongan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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