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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Balibago in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.9247S, 120.5826WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Balibago in Philippines. Unique identifier: us10002k8e. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002k8e. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/15 / 2015-06-09 04:19:35 / June 9, 2015 @ 4:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.5826 East, latitude 13.9247 North, depth = 125.42 km. The temblor was reported at 12:19:35 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 125.42 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calumpang, Lilio, Concepcion Ibaba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km W of Balibago, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.5826° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9247° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 125.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km W of Balibago, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-09 04:19:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-03 03:32:29 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 3.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us10002k8e Id of event.
Event Code 10002k8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002k8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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