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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near San Joaquin in Philippines

Posted by admin on November 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.0451S, 124.3051WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from San Joaquin in Philippines on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/20 / 2020-11-29 20:23:49 / November 29, 2020 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 20:23:49 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ckzq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ckzq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.3051 East, latitude 12.0451 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kananya, Gubat, Casiguran (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km SW of San Joaquin, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.3051° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SW of San Joaquin, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-29 20:23:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-29 21:53:08 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 369 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 6.62 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us7000ckzq Id of event.
Event Code 7000ckzq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ckzq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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