A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.44 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 06:26:24 / October 2, 2018 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.4253 East, latitude 4.9031 North, depth = 183.44 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:26:24 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h5ib. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5ib.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baliton, Pangyan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km S of Sarangani, Philippines.
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