A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Butulan in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157.66 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 01:53:04 / February 25, 2019 @ 1:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:53:04 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5451 East, latitude 5.5614 North, depth = 157.66 km. Unique identifier: us1000jbv8. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jbv8.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Polomolok, Malandag, Maluñgun (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 13 km ESE of Butulan, Philippines.
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