A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sulop in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.31 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.309 East, latitude 6.6096 North, depth = 11.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:31:58 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 16:31:58 / December 16, 2019 @ 4:31 pm. Event id: us70006tsy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006tsy.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alejal, Kauran, Carmen. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 4 km WNW of Sulop, Philippines.
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