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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 4 km SW of Mabiton, Philippines


Earthquake location 12.8036S, 123.2338WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mabiton in Philippines on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 21:48:11 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000c0ih. Event ids that are associated: us6000c0ih. Exact location of earthquake, 123.2338° East, 12.8036° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/20 / 2020-09-19 21:48:11 / September 19, 2020 @ 9:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camaligan, Bacon, Naga (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Naga (c. 174 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Iriga City (c. 94 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 4 km SW of Mabiton, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.2338° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.8036° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SW of Mabiton, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-19 21:48:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-02 03:55:36 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 298 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 10.691 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000c0ih Id of event.
Event Code 6000c0ih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c0ih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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