Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near General Luna in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Monday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:14:45 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10005dvi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dvi. Exact location, longitude 126.211° East, latitude 9.8064° North, depth = 31.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 13:14:45 / April 25, 2016 @ 1:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.43 km (20 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto, Tago, Mainit (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.211° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8064° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.43 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km ENE of General Luna, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-04-25 13:14:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-22 14:02:00	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	312	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	2.79	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us10005dvi	Id of event.
Event Code	10005dvi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005dvi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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