A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Nangan in Philippines on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:39:20 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0825° East, 6.4404° North, depth 72.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 16:39:20 / July 31, 2019 @ 4:39 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004y2e. Unique identifier: us60004y2e. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.3 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bato, Baracatan, Malandag (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 5 km SW of Nangan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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