A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mambagatan in Philippines. Global time and date of event 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 21:23:52 / July 23, 2016 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20006h4z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006h4z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 55.85 km (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 122.9028° East, 10.0778° North, depth 55.85 km. The temblor was detected at 05:23:52 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naga, Victorias, Barotac Nuevo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Bacolod City (c. 454 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mansilingan (c. 454 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Iloilo (c. 387 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bago City (c. 150 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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