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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Santo Niño in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.9187S, 124.304WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Santo Niño in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 10:18:18 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 124.304 East, latitude 11.9187 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bclz. Unique identifier: us7000bclz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/20 / 2020-08-18 10:18:18 / August 18, 2020 @ 10:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alangalang, Pambujan, Palompon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km W of Santo Niño, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.304° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.9187° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km W of Santo Niño, 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 10:18:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-13 07:54:53 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 4.979 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000bclz Id of event.
Event Code 7000bclz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bclz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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