A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dj9. Unique identifier: us20007dj9. 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 49.88 km (31 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:28:18 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.5592° East, latitude 11.1277° North, depth = 49.88 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/16 / 2016-09-30 21:28:18 / September 30, 2016 @ 9:28 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guiuan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines.
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