A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 10:38:23 / July 24, 2016 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 38.67 km, 124.9868° East, 5.0768° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:38:23 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000680i. Id of event: us1000680i. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.67 km (24 miles).
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maasin, Glan, Baliton.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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