A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 125.2961° East, 4.6738° North, depth 23.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 23.94 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 08:34:57 / November 20, 2018 @ 8:34 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hx3n. Id of event: us1000hx3n. The temblor was picked up at 16:34:57 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani.
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 82 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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