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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Tumalim in Philippines


Earthquake location 14.106S, 120.6871WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tumalim in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 120.6871 East, latitude 14.106 North, depth = 202.82 km. Unique identifier: us7000bl5q. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bl5q. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/20 / 2020-09-06 04:58:29 / September 6, 2020 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:58:29 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.82 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olongapo, Santiago, Pakil.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NW of Tumalim, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6871° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NW of Tumalim, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-06 04:58:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-11 02:12:49 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 259 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 3.433 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000bl5q Id of event.
Event Code 7000bl5q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bl5q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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