Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Burias in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Burias in Philippines. Event id: us2000it9z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000it9z. Exact location, longitude 125.1483° East, latitude 5.6114° North, depth = 75.53 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.53 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:00:14 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 13:00:14 / December 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talagutong, Kipalbig, Lambo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SW of Burias, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.1483° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6114° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	75.53 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km SW of Burias, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-07 13:00:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-15 13:54:29	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	271	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	1.51	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	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	us2000it9z	Id of event.
Event Code	2000it9z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000it9z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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