A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/20 / 2020-11-15 11:06:17 / November 15, 2020 @ 11:06 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cpxx. Id of event: us6000cpxx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.67 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 126.2984° East, latitude 5.3597° North, depth = 48.67 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:06:17 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 92 km E of Sarangani, Philippines.
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