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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Maitum in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.7859S, 124.4642WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Maitum in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 124.4642° East, latitude 5.7859° North, depth = 61.92 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.92 km (38 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:15:48 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 00:15:48 / December 22, 2015 @ 12:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000499q. Id of event: us1000499q.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alabel, Tantangan, Tamnag (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km S of Maitum, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.4642° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7859° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km S of Maitum, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-22 00:15:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-10 06:04:36 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 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 326 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 1.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 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 us1000499q Id of event.
Event Code 1000499q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000499q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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