Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Castanas in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Castanas in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 20:04:05 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.94 km (23 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 12:04:05 / September 2, 2019 @ 12:04 pm. Event id: us70005cvp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005cvp. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6287° East, 13.7072° North, depth 36.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Lucena (c. 228 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Binangonan (c. 219 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 216 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Lipa City (c. 212 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aga, Baras, Morong.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 21 km SSE of Castanas, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.6287° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.7072° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km SSE of Castanas, 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 12:04:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-09-24 06:35:46	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	0.778	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	100	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	us70005cvp	Id of event.
Event Code	70005cvp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70005cvp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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