A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Bagontapay in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.31 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000j8vb. Event ids that are associated: us1000j8vb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.9897 East, latitude 6.8793 North, depth = 4.31 km. Global time and date of event 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 13:28:46 / February 19, 2019 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:28:46 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). 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 Salawagan, South Upi, Alejal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km ENE of Bagontapay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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