A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4261 East, latitude 5.6222 North, depth = 79.06 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.06 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 02:40:40 / September 29, 2019 @ 2:40 am. Id of earthquake: us70005s41. Event ids that are associated: us70005s41. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:40:40 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caburan.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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