A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 51.4 km, 126.1787° East, 5.2851° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005iac. Id of event: us10005iac. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.4 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 18:13:19 / May 18, 2016 @ 6:13 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:13:19 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km E of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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