Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Buayan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Buayan in Philippines. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:14 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 402.16 km (250 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/02/18 / 2018-02-23 20:26:14 / February 23, 2018 @ 8:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 124.5131° East, 7.2874° North, depth 402.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000db58. Id of event: us2000db58.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lopez Jaena, Tamnag, San Miguel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km NNW of Buayan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.5131° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.2874° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	402.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km NNW of Buayan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-02-23 20:26:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-20 16:22:32	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	259	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	7.07	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	237	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	us2000db58	Id of event.
Event Code	2000db58	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000db58,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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