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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 97 km NNE of Paracale, Philippines

Posted by admin on May 14, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.0341S, 123.2579WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 97 km NNE of Paracale, Philippines (60 miles) on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 123.2579° East, latitude 15.0341° North, depth = 29.25 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:21:45 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 10:21:45 / May 1, 2016 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.25 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10005gc0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gc0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 97 km NNE of Paracale, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.2579° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0341° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97km NNE of Paracale, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-01 10:21:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-14 07:33:09 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 298 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 2.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us10005gc0 Id of event.
Event Code 10005gc0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005gc0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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