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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Dumabato in Philippines


Earthquake location 16.3067S, 121.8083WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Dumabato in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 14:28:05 / November 13, 2019 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8083 East, latitude 16.3067 North, depth = 82.49 km. The temblor was detected at 22:28:05 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006b2l. Id of event: us60006b2l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.49 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rizal, Muñoz East, San Jose. Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ilagan (c. 72 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayombong (c. 48 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ramon (c. 36 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Solano (c. 36 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Rizal (c. 26 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Baggabag B (c. 25 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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 E of Dumabato, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.8083° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3067° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km E of Dumabato, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-13 14:28:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-13 14:52:31 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 369 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 6.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us60006b2l Id of event.
Event Code 60006b2l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006b2l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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