A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lamitan in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 17:22:27 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.475 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 125.9533° East, 6.1025° North, depth 137.475 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 17:22:27 / August 26, 2024 @ 5:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nmwu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nmwu.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Digos, Sarangani, Hagonoy (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km E of Lamitan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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