Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Bulata in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bulata in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000fyaz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyaz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.2928 East, latitude 9.9322 North, depth = 35 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:06:17 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 23:06:17 / July 1, 2018 @ 11:06 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Miguel, Ungca, Leon. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Iloilo (c. 387 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bago City (c. 150 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Carlota (c. 41 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hinigaran (c. 39 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Binalbagan (c. 38 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bayawan (c. 36 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NW of Bulata, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.2928° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.9322° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km NW of Bulata, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-01 23:06:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-09 22:33:23	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	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	6.038	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us2000fyaz	Id of event.
Event Code	2000fyaz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000fyaz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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