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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Katubao in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Katubao in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 124.717° East, 5.7436° North, depth 53.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:02:34 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.68 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20008hp6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008hp6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/17 / 2017-02-04 18:02:34 / February 4, 2017 @ 6:02 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isulan, Lutayan, Tantangan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop).

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SW of Katubao, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.717° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.7436° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km SW of Katubao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-04 18:02:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-04 22:23:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	355	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	1.571	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	us20008hp6	Id of event.
Event Code	20008hp6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008hp6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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