A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.85 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.8914° East, latitude 5.4336° North, depth = 107.85 km. The temblor was detected at 20:06:59 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003j0e. Unique identifier: us20003j0e. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 12:06:59 / September 12, 2015 @ 12:06 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alabel, Talagutong, Lun Pequeño (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km E of Sarangani, Philippines.
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