A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 87 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (54 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7294 East, latitude 5.8005 North, depth = 85.12 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:34:40 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us2000j7w8. Unique identifier: us2000j7w8. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.12 km (53 miles). Global time and date of event 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 14:34:40 / January 6, 2019 @ 2:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 87 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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