A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 167 km W of Sabtang, Philippines (104 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 120.2672 East, latitude 20.2933 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:07:31 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002ndq. Id of event: us10002ndq. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 09:07:31 / July 4, 2015 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT.
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 167 km W of Sabtang, Philippines.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply