Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Santo Niño in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Santo Niño in Philippines on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.9382° East, 13.1234° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:00:07 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/12/20 / 2020-12-16 00:00:07 / December 16, 2020 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000cs75. Event ids that are associated: us7000cs75.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antipolo, Puro, Alegria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Iriga City (c. 94 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 3 km WNW of Santo Niño, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.9382° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.1234° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km WNW of Santo Niño, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-16 00:00:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-31 04:34:36	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	5.538	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	148	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	us7000cs75	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cs75	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cs75,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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