A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 126.2865° East, latitude 5.6064° North, depth = 115.08 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjq8. Id of event: us2000cjq8. Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 18:54:09 / January 15, 2018 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:54:09 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.08 km (72 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani, Caburan (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines.
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