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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lapuan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.177S, 125.9637WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Lapuan in Philippines. Unique identifier: us2000a1px. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a1px. The temblor was picked up at 06:45:29 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140.3 km (87 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/17 / 2017-07-22 22:45:29 / July 22, 2017 @ 10:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 140.3 km, 125.9637° East, 6.177° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baliton, Silway 7, Glan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km E of Lapuan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9637° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.177° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km E of Lapuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-22 22:45:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-10 23:42:25 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 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 0.965 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us2000a1px Id of event.
Event Code 2000a1px An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a1px, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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