A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.79 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.2353° East, latitude 5.1627° North, depth = 37.79 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:34:28 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/17 / 2017-06-13 04:34:28 / June 13, 2017 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009n2v. Unique identifier: us20009n2v.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Malapatan, Sapu Padidu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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