A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.9 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude 125.2565° East, latitude 5.0783° North, depth = 37.9 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:33:25 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 01:33:25 / June 28, 2017 @ 1:33 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100096vp. Id of event: us100096vp.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sapu Padidu, Maasin, Glan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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