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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 237 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines


Earthquake location 3.5791S, 126.5989WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 237 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (147 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.5989° East, 3.5791° North, depth 68.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.69 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/18 / 2018-10-25 08:52:29 / October 25, 2018 @ 8:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i4m1. Unique identifier: us2000i4m1. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:52:29 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 237 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines. This information 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 126.5989° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.5791° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 237km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-25 08:52:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-14 12:07:42 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 369 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 2.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us2000i4m1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000i4m1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i4m1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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