A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 225 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (140 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 17:15:24 / September 7, 2017 @ 5:15 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:15:24 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5136 East, latitude 3.655 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000arqj. Event ids that are associated: us2000arqj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 225 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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