Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sula in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sula in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 14:52:39 / July 26, 2020 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 120.2682 East, latitude 15.4284 North, depth = 96.18 km. The temblor was reported at 14:52:39 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.18 km (60 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b6t2. Unique identifier: us6000b6t2.

Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cabanatuan City (c. 220 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malolos (c. 198 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Balagtas, Guiguinto, Subusub.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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 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: 14 km WSW of Sula, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.2682° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.4284° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	96.18 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km WSW of Sula, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-26 14:52:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-02 13:49:29	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	1.468	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us6000b6t2	Id of event.
Event Code	6000b6t2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000b6t2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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