A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Jomalig in Philippines on Monday. The temblor was reported at 20:35:37 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.4277° East, 14.6279° North, depth 52.14 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005c8i. Unique identifier: us20005c8i. Global time and date of event 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 12:35:37 / March 21, 2016 @ 12:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 52.14 km (32 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mauban, Real, Atimonan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Daet (c. 78 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Mauban (c. 32 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Atimonan (c. 29 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lopez (c. 25 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Gumaca (c. 22 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Jose Pañganiban (c. 21 200 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSE of Jomalig, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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