A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 15:05:49 / May 30, 2024 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:05:49 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1199 East, latitude 5.2032 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mqne. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqne.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (59 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 76 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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