A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:09:23 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.544 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8xe. Id of event: us6000n8xe. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 16:09:23 / June 22, 2024 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 125.9944° East, latitude 5.1831° North, depth = 10.544 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-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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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: 63 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.
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