A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us100049jb. Event ids that are associated: us100049jb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/15 / 2015-12-25 21:41:01 / December 25, 2015 @ 9:41 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:41:01 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.05 km (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.7886 East, latitude 5.2823 North, depth = 57.05 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lun Pequeño, Suyan, Malapatan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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 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: 38 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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