A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Panubigan in Philippines on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 02:44:28 / May 22, 2016 @ 2:44 am. The temblor was detected at 10:44:28 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.418° East, 6.9698° North. 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). Id of earthquake: us20005yj7. Event ids that are associated: us20005yj7.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Katipunan, Buug, Tamontaka. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Margosatubig (c. 14 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Katipunan (c. 10 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Upi (c. 9 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Buug (c. 8 600 pop).
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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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