A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003x1u. Unique identifier: us10003x1u. 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: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 11:27:12 / November 7, 2015 @ 11:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.3597 East, latitude 5.1484 North, depth = 183.27 km. The temblor was reported at 19:27:12 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.27 km (114 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malapatan, Caburan, Maasin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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