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


Earthquake location 4.1188S, 126.6585WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (121 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.6585 East, latitude 4.1188 North, depth = 49.03 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.03 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:51:23 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bpub. Unique identifier: us7000bpub. Global time and date of event 15/09/20 / 2020-09-15 15:51:23 / September 15, 2020 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This data 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 126.6585° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.1188° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-15 15:51:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-21 17:07:26 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 3.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 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 us7000bpub Id of event.
Event Code 7000bpub An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bpub, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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