A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:42:02 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 04:42:02 / May 5, 2019 @ 4:42 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003gw2. Unique identifier: us70003gw2. Exact location of earthquake, 126.8016° East, 4.1568° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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