Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Santiago in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.9 km (38 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000k8mb. Event ids that are associated: us2000k8mb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/19 / 2019-03-24 05:07:38 / March 24, 2019 @ 5:07 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:07:38 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.9331° East, 7.1857° North, depth 61.9 km.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cateel, Mati, Taytayan (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.9331° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.1857° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km ESE of Santiago, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-03-24 05:07:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-21 13:02:15	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	340	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	1.348	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	114	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	us2000k8mb	Id of event.
Event Code	2000k8mb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000k8mb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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