A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from San Jose de Buan in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.7 km (30 miles). Event id: us10006a4a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a4a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 08:15:07 / July 31, 2016 @ 8:15 am. The temblor was reported at 16:15:07 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 124.9744° East, latitude 12.1942° North, depth = 48.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naval, Babatngon, Allen. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Naval (c. 12 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km NNW of San Jose de Buan, Philippines.
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