Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Bunawan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bunawan in Philippines on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 13:25:38 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). 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 21.14 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: us200050jk. Event ids that are associated: us200050jk. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/16 / 2016-02-11 05:25:38 / February 11, 2016 @ 5:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.011° East, 8.2412° North, depth 21.14 km.

Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 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 Cabayangan, Malaybalay, Corocotan.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NNE of Bunawan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.011° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.2412° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km NNE of Bunawan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-11 05:25:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-06 07:05:10	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	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	1.24	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us200050jk	Id of event.
Event Code	200050jk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200050jk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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