A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Santo Nino in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 125.5081° East, 7.6522° North, depth 35.95 km. Unique identifier: us10002x51. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002x51. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:17:41 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.95 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 15:17:41 / August 1, 2015 @ 3:17 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calabugao, Kabacan, San Luis (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Valencia (c. 83 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WNW of Santo Nino, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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