A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.65 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 16:06:52 / November 19, 2017 @ 4:06 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvh8. Id of event: us2000bvh8. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:52 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 144.65 km, 126.2965° East, 5.7288° North.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talagutong, Caburan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 71 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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