A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Oras in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.4762 East, latitude 12.1265 North, depth = 34.614 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 14:23:14 / April 23, 2024 @ 2:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.614 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mv8v. Id of event: us6000mv8v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:14 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mondragon, Pagsanghan, Llorente (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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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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. 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: 4 km ESE of Oras, Philippines.
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