A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Olongapo in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 120.3343° East, latitude 14.9079° North, depth = 62.74 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.74 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 09:47:47 / July 26, 2015 @ 9:47 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200030mk. Id of event: us200030mk. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:47:47 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Burgos, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Taytay (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 10 km NNE of Olongapo, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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