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

Posted by admin on November 24, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8712S, 124.2942WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Dagohoy in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.2942 East, latitude 9.8712 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:36:55 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100040vt. Event ids that are associated: us100040vt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 08:36:55 / November 24, 2015 @ 8:36 am.

Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Tagbilaran City (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balamban, Sogod, Buanoy (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SE of Dagohoy, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.2942° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SE of Dagohoy, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-24 08:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-24 22:07:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 299 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 7.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us100040vt Id of event.
Event Code 100040vt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100040vt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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