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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Limon in Philippines

Posted by admin on June 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.2809S, 122.0142WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Limon in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.0142 East, latitude 12.2809 North, depth = 34.92 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:28:24 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 21:28:24 / June 1, 2018 @ 9:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.92 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000ejlq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ejlq.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magsaysay, Bansud, New Washington (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kalibo (poblacion) (c. 56 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pandan (c. 34 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mansalay (c. 23 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Romblon (c. 15 300 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Roxas (c. 14 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bansud (c. 13 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 2 km S of Limon, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.0142° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2809° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km S of Limon, 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 21:28:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-11 03:36:53 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 298 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 2.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us1000ejlq Id of event.
Event Code 1000ejlq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ejlq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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