A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Columbio in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us70005xmt. Event ids that are associated: us70005xmt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.0279 East, latitude 6.7645 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:22:18 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 10:22:18 / October 23, 2019 @ 10:22 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dalumangcob, Panabo, Kadingilan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 12 km NE of Columbio, Philippines.
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