Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Tibanbang in Philippines

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tibanbang in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.39 km (37 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:36:26 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 07:36:26 / December 10, 2015 @ 7:36 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20004g2x. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004g2x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0865 East, latitude 6.6052 North, depth = 59.39 km.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magsaysay, San Mariano, Malandag.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km SW of Tibanbang, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.0865° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6052° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km SW of Tibanbang, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-10 07:36:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-10 07:52:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	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	354	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	0.683	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	109	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	us20004g2x	Id of event.
Event Code	20004g2x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20004g2x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

126.0865° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

6.6052° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.39 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3km SW of Tibanbang, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-12-10 07:36:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-12-10 07:52:47

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

354

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.683

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.81 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

109

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20004g2x

Id of event.

Event Code

20004g2x

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20004g2x,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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