A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Cortes in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000c4qc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c4qc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/20 / 2020-09-28 03:08:49 / September 28, 2020 @ 3:08 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:08:49 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.7156° East, 9.5114° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cantilan, Socorro, Aras-asan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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