Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Bantogon in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bantogon in Philippines on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000abry. Id of event: us2000abry. Global time and date of event 23/08/17 / 2017-08-23 17:43:58 / August 23, 2017 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.9 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.7728 East, latitude 6.4311 North, depth = 44.9 km. The temblor was reported at 01:43:58 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Maganoy (c. 17 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Dalican (c. 13 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Upi (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maitum, Dalican, Esperanza (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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.7728° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.4311° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30km WSW of Bantogon, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-23 17:43:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-27 17:47:37	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	271	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	1.902	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us2000abry	Id of event.
Event Code	2000abry	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000abry,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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