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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Jomalig in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Jomalig in Philippines. Event id: us10004ux5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ux5. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:43:07 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.7133 East, latitude 15.0807 North, depth = 47.11 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/16 / 2016-03-05 15:43:07 / March 5, 2016 @ 3:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.11 km (29 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Batobalane, Polillo, Paracale (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Jose Pañganiban (c. 21 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Paracale (c. 8 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Patnanungan (c. 6 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Polillo (c. 5 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Batobalane (c. 5 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 55 km NE of Jomalig, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.7133° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.0807° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.11 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55km NE of Jomalig, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-05 15:43:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-05 16:00:29	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	7.849	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us10004ux5	Id of event.
Event Code	10004ux5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004ux5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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