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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Lazi in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.0774S, 123.6295WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lazi in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 15:11:06 / September 1, 2015 @ 3:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:11:06 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.58 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003fec. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fec. Exact location of event, longitude 123.6295 East, latitude 9.0774 North, depth = 93.58 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Dumaguete (c. 113 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Dipolog (c. 93 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tagbilaran City (c. 86 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bais (c. 65 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dapitan (c. 50 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Oroquieta (c. 39 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tanjay (c. 39 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moalboal, Tabuan, Initao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km S of Lazi, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.6295° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.0774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km S of Lazi, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-01 15:11:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-01 18:53:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 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 343 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 2.775 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us20003fec Id of event.
Event Code 20003fec An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003fec, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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