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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Claveria in Philippines

Posted by admin on September 20, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6675S, 121.0371WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Claveria in Philippines on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bqix. Unique identifier: us7000bqix. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:47:20 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/20 / 2020-09-20 17:47:20 / September 20, 2020 @ 5:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 121.0371° East, latitude 18.6675° North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Magapit, Aguiguican (c. 13 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Magapit (c. 11 200 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magapit, Aguiguican, Lasam, Magapit (min 5000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km NW of Claveria, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.0371° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NW of Claveria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-20 17:47:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-20 19:24:18 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 1.239 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us7000bqix Id of event.
Event Code 7000bqix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bqix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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