A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7069 East, latitude 7.9976 North, depth = 82.636 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.636 km (51 miles). Global time and date of event 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 05:26:09 / August 4, 2024 @ 5:26 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:26:09 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8si. Unique identifier: us7000n8si.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabunturan, Manat, Manay (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 28 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.
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