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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Pilar in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 19, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8696S, 126.1358WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Pilar in Philippines on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us70009kv3. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009kv3. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 14:29:57 / May 12, 2020 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:57 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.1358 East, latitude 9.8696 North, depth = 55.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.93 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). 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 Tago, Tandag, Loreto.

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-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. 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: 4 km E of Pilar, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1358° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8696° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km E of Pilar, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-12 14:29:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-19 18:35:10 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 14.357 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us70009kv3 Id of event.
Event Code 70009kv3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009kv3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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