A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km WSW of Itbayat, Philippines (74 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 120.7274 East, latitude 20.5504 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000603u. Unique identifier: us2000603u. The temblor was detected at 02:20:36 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 18:20:36 / June 2, 2016 @ 6:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 119 km WSW of Itbayat, Philippines.
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