A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Uyugan in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 18:45:16 / January 1, 2019 @ 6:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.73 km (10 miles). Event id: us2000j5ts. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5ts. The temblor was picked up at 02:45:16 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.3114° East, 19.8346° North, depth 15.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SE of Uyugan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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