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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0216S, 127.0876WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 21:04:17 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/21 / 2021-01-26 21:04:17 / January 26, 2021 @ 9:04 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000de7h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000de7h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 127.0876° East, latitude 8.0216° North, depth = 35 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hinatuan, Bislig, Baganga. Event epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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: 69 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0876° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0216° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-26 21:04:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-04 00:23:29 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 1.769 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000de7h Id of event.
Event Code 6000de7h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000de7h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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