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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Katubao in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.1671S, 124.4711WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Katubao in Philippines on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 23:47:20 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006ega. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ega. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.55 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 15:47:20 / November 22, 2019 @ 3:47 pm. Exact location of event, depth 64.55 km, 124.4711° East, 5.1671° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiamba. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km SSW of Katubao, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.4711° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km SSW of Katubao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-22 15:47:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-09 16:23:07 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 271 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 2.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us70006ega Id of event.
Event Code 70006ega An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006ega, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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