A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us7000mssz. Event ids that are associated: us7000mssz. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:49:04 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 125.3423° East, 4.8468° North, depth 57.28 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 11:49:04 / June 16, 2024 @ 11:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.28 km (36 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baliton, Pangyan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 62 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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