A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 207.98 km, 124.9919° East, 4.7514° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 23:49:10 / August 4, 2015 @ 11:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:49:10 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 207.98 km (129 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100033zt. Event ids that are associated: us100033zt.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 89 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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