A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Wednesday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:02:59 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2632 East, latitude 5.104 North, depth = 49.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d4fn. Unique identifier: us6000d4fn. 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: 30/12/20 / 2020-12-30 23:02:59 / December 30, 2020 @ 11:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.92 km (31 miles).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Malapatan, Sapu Padidu (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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