A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Caburan in Philippines on Friday. Id of earthquake: us70003g3z. Event ids that are associated: us70003g3z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 04:57:06 / May 3, 2019 @ 4:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.27 km (64 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:57:06 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1412 East, latitude 5.456 North, depth = 102.27 km.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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