A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 13:39:53 / May 14, 2024 @ 1:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 104.686 km (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 104.686 km, 126.1987° East, 5.9883° North. The temblor was reported at 13:39:53 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n02h. Id of event: us6000n02h.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batobato, Suyan, La Union (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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