Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 38 km NNE of Dicabisagan, Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Dicabisagan in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 22:53:16 / March 8, 2020 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.48 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:53:16 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.6046 East, latitude 17.3772 North, depth = 40.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60008edg. Event ids that are associated: us60008edg.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Reina Mercedes, Naguilian, Gamu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Ilagan (c. 72 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cabagan (c. 25 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Mariano (c. 12 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Naguilian (c. 8 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Reina Mercedes (c. 6 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Upi (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km NNE of Dicabisagan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.6046° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.3772° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.48 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km NNE of Dicabisagan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-08 22:53:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-31 00:13:56	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	6.109	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	us60008edg	Id of event.
Event Code	60008edg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008edg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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