A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.33 km (29 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:28:48 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000cqs0. Unique identifier: us6000cqs0. Global time and date of event 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 10:28:48 / November 17, 2020 @ 10:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 46.33 km, 126.1735° East, 10.4626° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guiuan, Dapa, Loreto. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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