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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Mindanao, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.3658S, 126.1461WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Mindanao, Philippines kilometers (0 miles) from Mindanao, Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 126.1461 East, latitude 6.3658 North, depth = 71.24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/17 / 2017-05-28 21:23:07 / May 28, 2017 @ 9:23 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.24 km (44 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009j87. Id of event: us20009j87. The temblor was reported at 21:23:07 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guihing Proper, Padada, Magnaga (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: Mindanao, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1461° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.3658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mindanao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-28 21:23:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-24 19:53:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 0.897 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us20009j87 Id of event.
Event Code 20009j87 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009j87, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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