A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Abuyog in Philippines on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 14:01:04 / May 3, 2024 @ 2:01 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 125.1224° East, 10.7819° North, depth 10.125 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxi5. Unique identifier: us6000mxi5. The temblor was reported at 14:01:04 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.125 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maydolong, Esperanza, Palompon (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 12 km ENE of Abuyog, Philippines.
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