A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 191 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (119 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 06:07:50 / August 8, 2019 @ 6:07 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:07:50 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 98.97 km, 126.3053° East, 3.8867° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.97 km (61 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600055vq. Id of event: us600055vq.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 191 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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