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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Jagupit in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.2717S, 125.6071WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Jagupit in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.6071 East, latitude 9.2717 North, depth = 46.73 km. Id of earthquake: us1000f06j. Event ids that are associated: us1000f06j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.73 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 09:41:54 / June 24, 2018 @ 9:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:41:54 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salay, Barobo, Binuangan. Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Jagupit, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.6071° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.2717° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km ENE of Jagupit, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-24 09:41:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-24 10:02:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 372 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 2.188 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us1000f06j Id of event.
Event Code 1000f06j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000f06j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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