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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Burgos in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.3356S, 126.6453WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Burgos in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 10:33:49 / October 4, 2017 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aqms. Id of event: us1000aqms. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.48 km (28 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:33:49 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.6453° East, latitude 9.3356° North, depth = 44.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Socorro, Dapa, Cantilan. Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km E of Burgos, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6453° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.3356° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km E of Burgos, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-04 10:33:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-26 11:20:23 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 2.486 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us1000aqms Id of event.
Event Code 1000aqms An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aqms, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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