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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Wawa in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.7056S, 121.0165WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wawa in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyxe. Unique identifier: us2000cyxe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.73 km (89 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:19:14 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 01:19:14 / January 28, 2018 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.0165 East, latitude 13.7056 North, depth = 142.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalayaan, Morong, Tanay (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SW of Wawa, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.0165° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7056° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SW of Wawa, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-28 01:19:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-09 03:15:29 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 9.55 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us2000cyxe Id of event.
Event Code 2000cyxe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cyxe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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