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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Latung in Philippines


Earthquake location 3.7105S, 122.3095WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 253 km SE of Latung, Philippines (157 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 03:00:30 / December 10, 2018 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:00:30 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 602.1 km (374 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 122.3095 East, latitude 3.7105 North, depth = 602.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i5hc. Unique identifier: us1000i5hc.

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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 253 km SE of Latung, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.3095° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.7105° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 602.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 253km SE of Latung, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-10 03:00:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-10 03:27:30 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 2.999 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us1000i5hc Id of event.
Event Code 1000i5hc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i5hc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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