A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Antagan Dos in Philippines on Thursday. 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: us1000ar2c. Unique identifier: us1000ar2c. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:36:13 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.45 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 05:36:13 / October 12, 2017 @ 5:36 am. Exact location, longitude 122.0029° East, latitude 17.2436° North, depth = 19.45 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pasil, Saguday, Cabarroguis (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Tuguegarao City (c. 115 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ilagan (c. 72 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Solana (c. 71 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ramon (c. 36 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tabuk (c. 27 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ESE of Antagan Dos, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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