A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.71 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/20 / 2020-06-30 15:16:04 / June 30, 2020 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000ajci. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ajci. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:16:04 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 125.4882° East, 4.9225° North, depth 61.71 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangyan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 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 earthquakes 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 five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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