A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kablalan in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 07:39:46 / September 6, 2024 @ 7:39 am UTC/GMT. 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 77.133 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:39:46 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nq0g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq0g. Exact location, longitude 125.0738° East, latitude 5.6734° North, depth = 77.133 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Koronadal, Santo Niño, Lambayong (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen 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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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: 18 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines.
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