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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Kinangan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Kinangan in Philippines on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/17 / 2017-04-10 19:16:27 / April 10, 2017 @ 7:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.21 km (63 miles). Event id: us10008gar. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008gar. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5727 East, latitude 6.267 North, depth = 101.21 km. The temblor was reported at 03:16:27 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makilala, Surallah, Samal (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 4 km SSW of Kinangan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5727° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.267° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101.21 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km SSW of Kinangan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-10 19:16:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-10 22:03:23	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	284	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	0.797	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	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	us10008gar	Id of event.
Event Code	10008gar	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008gar,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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