Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lubang in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Lubang in Philippines on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.71 km (51 miles). Exact location of event, depth 81.71 km, 120.2228° East, 14.0514° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 00:45:46 / February 12, 2020 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70007t15. Unique identifier: us70007t15. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:45:46 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carmona, Balete, Janopol (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Imus (c. 216 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Silang (c. 119 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cavite City (c. 115 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NNE of Lubang, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.2228° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.0514° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	81.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km NNE of Lubang, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-12 00:45:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-21 01:39:50	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	298	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	0.694	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	72	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	us70007t15	Id of event.
Event Code	70007t15	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70007t15,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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