A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Basco in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:31:24 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qju6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qju6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.7434 East, latitude 21.0656 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 02:31:24 / May 28, 2025 @ 2:31 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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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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: 72 km NNW of Basco, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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