A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Kepulauan Sangihe, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Kepulauan Sangihe, Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us70005vfq. Event ids that are associated: us70005vfq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/19 / 2019-10-18 13:18:43 / October 18, 2019 @ 1:18 pm. Exact location, longitude 125.2934° East, latitude 4.8286° North, depth = 63.46 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:18:43 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). 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 63.46 km (39 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baliton, Pangyan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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