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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Latung in Philippines


Earthquake location 3.5169S, 122.1633WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 261 km SSE of Latung, Philippines (162 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 592.83 km (368 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/20 / 2020-09-04 01:12:35 / September 4, 2020 @ 1:12 am. The temblor was reported at 01:12:35 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.1633 East, latitude 3.5169 North, depth = 592.83 km. Event id: us7000bhku. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bhku.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 261 km SSE of Latung, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.1633° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.5169° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 592.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 261 km SSE of Latung, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-04 01:12:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-04 01:54:02 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 2.759 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000bhku Id of event.
Event Code 7000bhku An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bhku, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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