A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 125.0683 East, latitude 4.6628 North, depth = 41.1 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sarangani in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 12:04:57 / March 16, 2016 @ 12:04 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:57 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005a5k. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005a5k. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.1 km (26 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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