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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Iba in Philippines


Earthquake location 15.227S, 119.843WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Iba in Philippines on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.843 East, latitude 15.227 North, depth = 90.97 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:46:42 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70009kup. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009kup. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.97 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 07:46:42 / May 12, 2020 @ 7:46 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paniqui, San Manuel, Bayambang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mabalacat City (c. 188 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tarlac City (c. 183 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bulaon (c. 131 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km SW of Iba, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.843° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.227° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SW of Iba, 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 07:46:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 07:40:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 285 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 1.539 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us70009kup Id of event.
Event Code 70009kup An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009kup, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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