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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.4387S, 126.1767WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 11:21:40 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.4 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1767 East, latitude 5.4387 North, depth = 43.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 11:21:40 / November 17, 2020 @ 11:21 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000cqs2. Unique identifier: us6000cqs2.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caburan, Sarangani.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 79 km E of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1767° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4387° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km E of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-17 11:21:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-06 12:38:20 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 271 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 1.725 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us6000cqs2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cqs2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cqs2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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