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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kidapawan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.0339S, 125.2226WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kidapawan in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000atn1. Id of event: us2000atn1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 17:48:21 / September 23, 2017 @ 5:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.14 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2226 East, latitude 7.0339 North, depth = 102.14 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:48:21 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wao, Gupitan, Pagaluñgan (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km E of Kidapawan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.2226° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.0339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km E of Kidapawan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-23 17:48:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-23 19:40:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 0.355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us2000atn1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000atn1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000atn1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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