Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Calamundingan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Calamundingan in Philippines on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.5 km (48 miles). Exact location of event, depth 77.5 km, 121.5665° East, 12.9049° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:23:27 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000h64f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h64f. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 18:23:27 / August 24, 2018 @ 6:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calubcub Dos, Semirara, Santa Cruz (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from San Jose (c. 118 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Calapan (c. 66 000 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Pinamalayan (c. 43 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sablayan (c. 38 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mansalay (c. 23 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Romblon (c. 15 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Roxas (c. 14 300 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km ESE of Calamundingan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.5665° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.9049° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	77.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km ESE of Calamundingan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-24 18:23:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-22 21:03:54	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	326	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	8.253	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us2000h64f	Id of event.
Event Code	2000h64f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000h64f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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