A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Makilala in Philippines on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 20:35:48 / October 30, 2019 @ 8:35 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:35:48 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us600068q2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600068q2. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.0347° East, 6.8686° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salawagan, Carmen, Don Carlos. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SW of Makilala, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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