A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Alabel in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 125.312° East, 6.08° North, depth 111.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 20:52:05 / October 14, 2016 @ 8:52 pm. Unique identifier: us20007e7u. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007e7u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.03 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:52:05 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Makilala, Inawayan, Baracatan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 3 km SE of Alabel, Philippines.
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