Earthquake: M 4.4 quake strikes near Luzon in Philippines

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Luzon in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 08:17:44 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 87.06 km (54 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-26 12:17:44 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 126.1228 East, latitude 6.531 North, depth 87.06 km.

Close countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baracatan, Cuambog, Bato.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.1228° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.531° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	87.06 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km ENE of Luzon, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-26 00:17:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-26 00:53:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	us	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.853	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	118	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	usc000tj1b	Id of event.
Event Code	c000tj1b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	usc000tj1b	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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