Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Talisay in Philippines

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Talisay in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.69 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008jju. Id of event: us20008jju. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:14:46 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/02/17 / 2017-02-13 19:14:46 / February 13, 2017 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5898 East, latitude 9.8585 North, depth = 24.69 km.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magallanes, Sogod, Maasin (min 5000 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5898° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8585° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km NNW of Talisay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-13 19:14:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-13 23:09:26	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	340	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	2.771	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	104	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	us20008jju	Id of event.
Event Code	20008jju	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008jju,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

125.5898° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.8585° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

24.69 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km NNW of Talisay, Philippines

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

Time

2017-02-13 19:14:46

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-02-13 23:09:26

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

340

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

2.771

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

104

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

us20008jju

Id of event.

Event Code

20008jju

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

Event IDS

,us20008jju,

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

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