A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 177 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (110 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.19 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.8413° East, latitude 4.59° North, depth = 51.19 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehjg. Id of event: us1000ehjg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 20:55:54 / June 2, 2018 @ 8:55 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:55:54 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 177 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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