A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kalbay in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 201.63 km (125 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009vrr. Unique identifier: us20009vrr. Exact location, longitude 125.5538° East, latitude 5.8147° North, depth = 201.63 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:44 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/17 / 2017-07-12 18:32:44 / July 12, 2017 @ 6:32 pm.
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Padada, Cebuano, Sulop.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NNE of Kalbay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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