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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Mangili in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.854S, 125.984WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mangili in Philippines on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 153.92 km, 125.984° East, 5.854° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.92 km (96 miles). Unique identifier: us7000abat. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000abat. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:49:43 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 16:49:43 / June 19, 2020 @ 4:49 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was General Santos, Basiawan, Katangawan. Close 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.854° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 153.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-19 16:49:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-06 15:14:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.273 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us7000abat Id of event.
Event Code 7000abat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000abat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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