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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Kitcharao in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kitcharao in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000egk7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egk7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.55 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 58.55 km, 125.6188° East, 9.4146° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 13:31:18 / June 1, 2018 @ 1:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:31:18 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aras-asan, Bah-Bah, Lunao.

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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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 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: 6 km SE of Kitcharao, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.6188° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.4146° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km SE of Kitcharao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-06-01 13:31:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-01 14:14:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	2.33	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	us1000egk7	Id of event.
Event Code	1000egk7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000egk7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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