A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.05 km (38 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:42:42 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.7715° East, latitude 5.031° North, depth = 61.05 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008izx. Unique identifier: us10008izx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/04/17 / 2017-04-12 00:42:42 / April 12, 2017 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangyan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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