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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Rapu-Rapu in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.3226S, 124.3908WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Rapu-Rapu in Philippines on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000cpy9. Event ids that are associated: us6000cpy9. Exact location, longitude 124.3908° East, latitude 13.3226° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 22:49:12 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/20 / 2020-11-15 22:49:12 / November 15, 2020 @ 10:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Jose (c. 35 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Malilipot (c. 33 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Allen, Bulan, San Jose.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km ENE of Rapu-Rapu, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.3908° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3226° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km ENE of Rapu-Rapu, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-15 22:49:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-19 02:51:28 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 24.239 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000cpy9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cpy9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cpy9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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