A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Socorro in Philippines on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000nmxd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmxd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.9279° East, 9.724° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 15:52:57 / October 5, 2024 @ 3:52 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:52:57 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Magallanes, Tago, Loreto.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NNW of Socorro, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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