A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 02:26:46 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/16 / 2016-03-20 18:26:46 / March 20, 2016 @ 6:26 pm. Exact location, longitude 126.1982° East, latitude 10.1159° North, depth = 64.08 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.08 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005b9l. Id of event: us20005b9l.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cantilan, Luna, Surigao (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 17 km NE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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