Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:41:44 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.0092 East, latitude 5.3962 North, depth = 88.389 km. Event id: us7000q98g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q98g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.389 km (55 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/25 / 2025-06-27 23:41:44 / June 27, 2025 @ 11:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malapatan, Suyan, Glan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km E of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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