A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Salcedo in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us200067k1. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067k1. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/16 / 2016-06-23 17:12:00 / June 23, 2016 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:00 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.6941 East, latitude 11.1483 North, depth = 35 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alangalang, Burauen, Loreto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km E of Salcedo, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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