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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Manay in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.9447S, 126.9672WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Manay in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 56.16 km, 126.9672° East, 6.9447° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 19:15:38 / September 1, 2018 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.16 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:38 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hagm. Unique identifier: us2000hagm.

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 Kinablangan, Baganga, Mati. Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop).

Each 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km ESE of Manay, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9672° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9447° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km ESE of Manay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-01 19:15:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-27 00:14:02 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 1.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us2000hagm Id of event.
Event Code 2000hagm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hagm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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