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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Hukay in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.7038S, 120.7076WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hukay in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 06:50:25 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10006ug5. Event ids that are associated: us10006ug5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 22:50:25 / October 1, 2016 @ 10:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.7076 East, latitude 13.7038 North, depth = 144.25 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.25 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 216 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mamala, Castañas, Sariaya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km S of Hukay, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.7076° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7038° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km S of Hukay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-01 22:50:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-01 23:32:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 8.747 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us10006ug5 Id of event.
Event Code 10006ug5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006ug5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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