A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 195 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (121 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dhi3. Id of event: us6000dhi3. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 00:37:50 / February 14, 2021 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:37:50 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.1271 East, latitude 4.8129 North, depth = 40.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.2 km (25 miles).
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 four, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 195 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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