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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Cortes in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cortes in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 47.03 km, 126.4115° East, 9.237° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.03 km (29 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:19:30 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/20 / 2020-10-03 22:19:30 / October 3, 2020 @ 10:19 pm. Event id: us6000c5b0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c5b0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tubay, Cabadbaran, Hinatuan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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: 24 km E of Cortes, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4115° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.237° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km E of Cortes, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-03 22:19:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-03 23:08:12	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	326	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	2.305	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	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	us6000c5b0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000c5b0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000c5b0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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