Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Mindanao, Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Mindanao, Philippines kilometers (0 miles) from Mindanao, Philippines. The temblor was detected at 04:10:29 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 04:10:29 / February 25, 2018 @ 4:10 am. Id of earthquake: us2000dcwc. Event ids that are associated: us2000dcwc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 87.96 km, 125.6319° East, 5.4782° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.96 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Katangawan, Talagutong, General Santos. Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: Mindanao, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.6319° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.4782° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	87.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Mindanao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-02-25 04:10:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-09 03:14:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	1.582	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	109	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	us2000dcwc	Id of event.
Event Code	2000dcwc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000dcwc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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