A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:59:07 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngey. Unique identifier: us7000ngey. Exact location, longitude 125.1867° East, latitude 4.7148° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 07:59:07 / September 1, 2024 @ 7:59 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 82 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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