Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Panikian in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Panikian in Philippines on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hghj. Id of event: us1000hghj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.8717° East, 9.3139° North, depth 98.54 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 17:19:13 / October 19, 2018 @ 5:19 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 98.54 km (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:19:13 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Luis, Barobo, San Francisco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 7 km WSW of Panikian, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.8717° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.3139° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	98.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km WSW of Panikian, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-19 17:19:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-17 21:59:17	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	298	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	15.142	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	150	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	us1000hghj	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hghj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hghj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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