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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 59 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines

Posted by admin on January 5, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.4692S, 126.7063WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7063 East, latitude 6.4692 North, depth = 108.92 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:56:02 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000c115. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c115. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.92 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 07:56:02 / January 5, 2018 @ 7:56 am.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lupon, Manay, Batobato.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7063° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4692° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-05 07:56:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-05 08:17:24 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 1.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us1000c115 Id of event.
Event Code 1000c115 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c115, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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