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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.1955S, 126.3866WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 104 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (65 miles). Exact location of event, depth 46.06 km, 126.3866° East, 5.1955° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.06 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bwws. Id of event: us1000bwws. The temblor was reported at 07:34:07 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 23:34:07 / December 27, 2017 @ 11:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3866° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1955° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104km ESE 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 2017-12-27 23:34:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-27 23:54:49 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 312 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 2.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us1000bwws Id of event.
Event Code 1000bwws An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bwws, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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