Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near San Pedro in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from San Pedro in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 11:04:18 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 03:04:18 / November 23, 2019 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 124.0482° East, 11.9947° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006eh3. Id of event: us70006eh3.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Daanbantayan (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mondragon, Patao, Catbalogan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km ESE of San Pedro, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.0482° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.9947° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km ESE of San Pedro, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-11-23 03:04:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-05 04:47:06	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	3.685	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	135	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	us70006eh3	Id of event.
Event Code	70006eh3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006eh3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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