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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Parang in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Parang in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us70004r44. Event ids that are associated: us70004r44. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9333 East, latitude 9.2687 North, depth = 54.8 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:31 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/07/19 / 2019-07-23 09:38:31 / July 23, 2019 @ 9:38 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.8 km (34 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tagbina, Talacogon, San Luis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km SW of Parang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.9333° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.2687° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km SW of Parang, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-07-23 09:38:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-23 09:58:05	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	354	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	2.212	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	81	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	us70004r44	Id of event.
Event Code	70004r44	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70004r44,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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