A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 116 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (72 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:23:22 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3jg. Unique identifier: us1000i3jg. The epicenter was at a depth of 92.83 km (58 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 01:23:22 / December 1, 2018 @ 1:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.375° East, latitude 4.8795° North, depth = 92.83 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 116 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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