A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 259 km SE of Latung, Philippines (161 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 23:21:13 / September 15, 2019 @ 11:21 pm. Unique identifier: us70005gu8. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005gu8. Exact location of event, longitude 122.4023 East, latitude 3.7102 North, depth = 584.8 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:21:13 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 584.8 km (363 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 259 km SE of Latung, Philippines.
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