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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Baganga in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.6498S, 126.8979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Baganga in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 21:27:32 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000d4f2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d4f2. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/20 / 2020-12-30 21:27:32 / December 30, 2020 @ 9:27 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.66 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.8979 East, latitude 7.6498 North, depth = 49.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabinuangan, Monkayo, Salvacion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cabinuangan (c. 10 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km ENE of Baganga, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.6498° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km ENE of Baganga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-30 21:27:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-30 22:13:57 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 312 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 1.429 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 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 us6000d4f2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d4f2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d4f2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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