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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near General Luna in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 23, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.9202S, 126.3184WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.83 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:35:06 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 47.83 km, 126.3184° East, 9.9202° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/16 / 2016-12-23 17:35:06 / December 23, 2016 @ 5:35 pm. Unique identifier: us10007mbj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mbj.

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tago, Mainit, Kitcharao (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 23 km NE of General Luna, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3184° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NE 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 2016-12-23 17:35:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-23 21:21:22 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 354 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 2.925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us10007mbj Id of event.
Event Code 10007mbj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007mbj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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