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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us60009zvw. Event ids that are associated: us60009zvw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.57 km (114 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.3261 East, latitude 5.0255 North, depth = 183.57 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 07:46:53 / May 27, 2020 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:46:53 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sapu Padidu, Maasin, Glan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.3261° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.0255° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	183.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-27 07:46:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-27 08:01:20	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	369	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	2.046	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us60009zvw	Id of event.
Event Code	60009zvw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60009zvw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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