A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Dicamay in Philippines on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xcu. Unique identifier: us10002xcu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:06:10 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 122.0779 East, latitude 16.6012 North, depth = 33.19 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.19 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 22:06:10 / July 23, 2015 @ 10:06 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ilagan (c. 72 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ramon (c. 36 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Alicia (c. 24 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Roxas (c. 16 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Mateo (c. 16 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quezon, Quezon, San Jose. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SSE of Dicamay, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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