A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 06:29:24 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70004732. Event ids that are associated: us70004732. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5247 East, latitude 8.4638 North, depth = 91.42 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 22:29:24 / June 28, 2019 @ 10:29 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91.42 km (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayugan, Monkayo, San Luis. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-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 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: 23 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.
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