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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Basa in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.1476S, 126.1396WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Basa in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.55 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 10:12:17 / June 28, 2019 @ 10:12 am. The temblor was reported at 18:12:17 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.1396° East, latitude 8.1476° North, depth = 33.55 km. Event id: us700046hr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700046hr.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tungao, Cabayangan, Maco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 11 km NE of Basa, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1396° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1476° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NE of Basa, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-28 10:12:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-05 07:45:34 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 312 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 1.206 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us700046hr Id of event.
Event Code 700046hr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700046hr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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