A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us1000eyql. Event ids that are associated: us1000eyql. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 07:39:46 / June 19, 2018 @ 7:39 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:39:46 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.3126° East, latitude 5.2406° North, depth = 43.38 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.38 km (27 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suyan, Lun Pequeño, Caburan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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