A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 192 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (119 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6671 East, latitude 4.1433 North, depth = 56.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000bza1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bza1. Global time and date of event 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 09:39:30 / January 3, 2018 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:39:30 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.35 km (35 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. 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. 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: 192 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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