A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kabugao in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.1051° East, latitude 18.1054° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 13:06:34 / January 24, 2020 @ 1:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:06:34 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007enm. Id of event: us60007enm.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Tuguegarao City (c. 115 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Solana (c. 71 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enrile, Liwan, Tuguegarao City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 NW of Kabugao, Philippines.
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