A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.888 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 03:46:59 / January 20, 2025 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pl5y. Event ids that are associated: us6000pl5y. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:46:59 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.4304° East, latitude 5.851° North, depth = 93.888 km.
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 Tibanbang, Caburan. Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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