Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Talisay in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Talisay in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 126.1997° East, latitude 6.6823° North, depth = 65.57 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/20 / 2020-09-13 22:16:40 / September 13, 2020 @ 10:16 pm. Event id: us7000bpgd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bpgd. The temblor was detected at 22:16:40 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.57 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padada, Guihing Proper, San Mariano (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km ESE of Talisay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.1997° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6823° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	65.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km ESE of Talisay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-13 22:16:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-06 04:10:11	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	0.726	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169	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	us7000bpgd	Id of event.
Event Code	7000bpgd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000bpgd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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