A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 191 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (119 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.22 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004vyn. Unique identifier: us60004vyn. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4365° East, 3.9692° North, depth 54.22 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:29:05 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 04:29:05 / July 20, 2019 @ 4:29 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 191 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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