A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 105 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines (65 miles). Exact location, longitude 124.9909° East, latitude 4.5734° North, depth = 42.8 km. Id of earthquake: us10004c7z. Event ids that are associated: us10004c7z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 21:37:08 / January 7, 2016 @ 9:37 pm. 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 42.8 km (27 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:37:08 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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