A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 197 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.5902° East, latitude 4.0257° North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eypg. Id of event: us1000eypg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 20:24:47 / June 18, 2018 @ 8:24 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:24:47 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 197 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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