A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/06/17 / 2017-06-26 15:09:22 / June 26, 2017 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:09:22 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.82 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us100096et. Ids that are associated to the event: us100096et. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.5093 East, latitude 20.0811 North, depth = 34.82 km.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 47 km SW of Sabtang, Philippines.
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