Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Bayabas in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Bayabas in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:58:10 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/11/16 / 2016-11-17 00:58:10 / November 17, 2016 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000795d. Unique identifier: us1000795d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4573 East, latitude 8.9724 North, depth = 51.83 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.83 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabadbaran, Butuan, Tungao (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km E of Bayabas, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4573° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.9724° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.83 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km E of Bayabas, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-17 00:58:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-17 04:41:34	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	369	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	2.08	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	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	us1000795d	Id of event.
Event Code	1000795d	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000795d,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

126.4573° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.9724° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

51.83 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km E of Bayabas, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-11-17 00:58:10

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-11-17 04:41:34

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

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

369

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.08

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

124

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000795d

Id of event.

Event Code

1000795d

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000795d,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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