A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 201 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (125 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4176 East, latitude 3.8504 North, depth = 72.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/01/20 / 2020-01-05 07:40:53 / January 5, 2020 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:40:53 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 72.67 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us600079am. Unique identifier: us600079am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 201 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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