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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Bagontapay in Philippines

Posted by admin on February 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.8745S, 125.0089WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Bagontapay in Philippines on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:03:21 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 01:03:21 / February 27, 2020 @ 1:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.23 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008511. Id of event: us60008511. Exact location, longitude 125.0089° East, latitude 6.8745° North, depth = 14.23 km.

Nearby 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 Lun Pequeño, Wao, La Libertad. Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 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 one hundred and fourty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km E of Bagontapay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0089° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km E of Bagontapay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-27 01:03:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-27 01:19:31 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 326 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 0.598 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us60008511 Id of event.
Event Code 60008511 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008511, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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