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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lanuza in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.1757S, 126.0698WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Lanuza in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0698 East, latitude 9.1757 North, depth = 65.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 14:57:57 / March 25, 2019 @ 2:57 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:57:57 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000k96l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k96l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.79 km (41 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hinatuan, Surigao, Luna (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Lanuza, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0698° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km S of Lanuza, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-25 14:57:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-03 14:37:37 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 13.502 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us2000k96l Id of event.
Event Code 2000k96l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k96l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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