A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Aras-asan 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 was detected at 16:49:08 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 16:49:08 / July 2, 2024 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000my2n. Id of event: us7000my2n. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.9102° East, 9.013° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tandag, Tago, Aras-asan. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 67 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines.
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