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

Posted by admin on January 11, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 3.7403S, 126.9806WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 249 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (155 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:22 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.9806° East, 3.7403° North. Event id: us10004djm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004djm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 17:01:22 / January 11, 2016 @ 5:01 pm.

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

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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: 249 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9806° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.7403° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 249km SE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-11 17:01:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-11 18:31:11 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 340 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 2.973 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10004djm Id of event.
Event Code 10004djm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004djm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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