A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lamitan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 125.9375° East, latitude 6.0596° North, depth = 154.52 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 154.52 km (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 21:06:25 / July 20, 2015 @ 9:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:06:25 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100030td. Unique identifier: us100030td.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padada, Silway 7, Sarangani (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 26 km E of Lamitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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