A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 189 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (117 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:56:19 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.25 km (24 miles). Event id: us6000867x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000867x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/20 / 2020-02-24 15:56:19 / February 24, 2020 @ 3:56 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 126.5922 East, latitude 4.1119 North, depth = 38.25 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 189 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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