Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Pawican in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pawican in Philippines on Tuesday. Event id: us7000bclm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bclm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:23:01 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 124.0724 East, latitude 12.1007 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/20 / 2020-08-18 00:23:01 / August 18, 2020 @ 12:23 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Gubat (c. 14 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kampokpok, Catbalogan, Daanbantayan.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 11 km ENE of Pawican, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.0724° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.1007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km ENE of Pawican, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-18 00:23:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-27 21:36:46	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	312	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	5.215	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	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	us7000bclm	Id of event.
Event Code	7000bclm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000bclm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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