Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Tandag in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tandag in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 55.34 km, 126.2063° East, 9.0505° North. The temblor was reported at 01:30:08 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 55.34 km (34 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000bcnu. Event ids that are associated: us6000bcnu. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/20 / 2020-08-05 01:30:08 / August 5, 2020 @ 1:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Placer, Bislig, Mainit. Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSE of Tandag, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.2063° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.0505° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SSE of Tandag, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-05 01:30:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-25 23:11:14	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	340	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	2.063	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	91	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	us6000bcnu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000bcnu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000bcnu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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