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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.7926S, 127.3583WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3583 East, latitude 7.7926 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/20 / 2020-02-06 19:51:47 / February 6, 2020 @ 7:51 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007q20. Id of event: us70007q20. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:51:47 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baganga, Kinablangan (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 89 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3583° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.7926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km E of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-06 19:51:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-19 23:04:34 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 259 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 1.905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us70007q20 Id of event.
Event Code 70007q20 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007q20, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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