A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Event id: us70006xtr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xtr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.56 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:45:08 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0912° East, 5.44° North, depth 96.56 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 20:45:08 / December 25, 2019 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 69 km E of Sarangani, Philippines.
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