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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Sarangani in Philippines

Posted by admin on July 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.0533S, 125.4813WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 193.14 km, 125.4813° East, 5.0533° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:12:20 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/17 / 2017-07-13 07:12:20 / July 13, 2017 @ 7:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 193.14 km (120 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009y02. Unique identifier: us20009y02.

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Glan, Baliton, Pangyan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 38 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.4813° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.0533° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 193.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km S of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-13 07:12:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-29 12:41:52 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 2.005 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us20009y02 Id of event.
Event Code 20009y02 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009y02, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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