A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Basco in Philippines. Global time and date of event 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 21:50:43 / August 22, 2024 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:43 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ndl7. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndl7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.4272 East, latitude 19.9201 North, depth = 43.301 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.301 km (27 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 81 km SW of Basco, Philippines.
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