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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 34 km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.0555S, 123.922WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 530.57 km (330 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:54:22 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70005cw1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005cw1. Global time and date of event 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 18:54:22 / September 2, 2019 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 123.922° East, 6.0555° North, depth 530.57 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laguilayan, South Upi, Sebu. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 34 km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines. This information 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 123.922° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.0555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 530.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-02 18:54:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-06 21:49:32 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 5.468 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us70005cw1 Id of event.
Event Code 70005cw1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005cw1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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