A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 07:03:39 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.437 East, latitude 11.2389 North, depth = 55.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.21 km (34 miles). Event id: us2000653a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000653a. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 23:03:39 / June 12, 2016 @ 11:03 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guiuan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve 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.
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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: 74 km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines.
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