A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Unique identifier: us7000aawq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000aawq. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 00:43:19 / June 18, 2020 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.03 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0365 East, latitude 5.0176 North, depth = 66.03 km. The temblor was detected at 00:43:19 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and six 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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