A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hernani in Philippines. Global time and date of event 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 20:15:38 / February 14, 2019 @ 8:15 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000jnmf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnmf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.8 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 125.6961 East, latitude 11.3204 North, depth = 26.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:15:38 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Dulag (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alangalang, Babatngon, Dulag (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km E of Hernani, Philippines.
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