A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Union in Philippines. 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 22:06:03 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000c73u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c73u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/20 / 2020-10-06 22:06:03 / October 6, 2020 @ 10:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.3234° East, 9.7346° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aras-asan, Surigao, Mainit (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 23 km E of Union, Philippines.
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