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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Caburan in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.737S, 125.7951WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000ivdu. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivdu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.7951 East, latitude 5.737 North, depth = 116.47 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:25 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 15:02:25 / December 20, 2018 @ 3:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.47 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Maria, Polomolok, Basiawan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop).

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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km SE of Caburan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7951° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.737° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km SE of Caburan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-20 15:02:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-20 15:44:33 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 326 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 1.341 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us2000ivdu Id of event.
Event Code 2000ivdu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ivdu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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