A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 44.32 km, 125.3179° East, 5.1033° North. The temblor was detected at 13:12:35 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d062. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d062. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 05:12:35 / February 10, 2018 @ 5:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.32 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sapu Padidu, Maasin, Glan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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