A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 12:23:20 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6993 East, latitude 10.2596 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jng3. Id of event: us2000jng3. Global time and date of event 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 04:23:20 / February 9, 2019 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dapa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 73 km ENE of San Isidro, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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