A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cantapoy in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.51 km (39 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:11:37 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdm1. Id of event: us1000cdm1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.4545 East, latitude 9.4622 North, depth = 62.51 km. Global time and date of event 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 19:11:37 / January 19, 2018 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tandag, Esperanza, Bayugan. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km SSE of Cantapoy, Philippines.
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