A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 261 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (162 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.6275° East, latitude 4.473° North, depth = 135.89 km. Unique identifier: us2000626d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000626d. The temblor was picked up at 00:00:51 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 15:00:51 / June 5, 2016 @ 3:00 pm. 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 135.89 km (84 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 261 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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