A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. Global time and date of event 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 13:57:24 / April 6, 2019 @ 1:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kbc8. Id of event: us2000kbc8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.13 km (129 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:57:24 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5777 East, latitude 5.357 North, depth = 207.13 km.
Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was General Santos, Buayan, Alabel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 13 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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