A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.886 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:10 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0803° East, 10.0909° North, depth 40.886 km. Global time and date of event 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 20:31:10 / May 31, 2024 @ 8:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mqrm. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqrm.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitcharao, Alegria, Mainit (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 9 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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