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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Pondaguitan in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.5483S, 127.0433WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (81 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74.22 km (46 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:01:40 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 74.22 km, 127.0433° East, 5.5483° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 03:01:40 / August 29, 2018 @ 3:01 am. Unique identifier: us1000gjaf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gjaf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0433° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.5483° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-29 03:01:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-29 03:27:37 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 354 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 2.098 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us1000gjaf Id of event.
Event Code 1000gjaf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gjaf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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