A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/17 / 2017-06-25 07:36:48 / June 25, 2017 @ 7:36 am. The temblor was detected at 15:36:48 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 150.58 km (94 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5907 East, latitude 4.56 North, depth = 150.58 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009pld. Unique identifier: us20009pld.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).
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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 94 km S of Sarangani, Philippines.
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