A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 195 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (121 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:52:19 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 10:52:19 / May 22, 2019 @ 10:52 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60003qjs. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qjs. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8888 East, latitude 4.3586 North, depth = 35 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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