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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Magsaysay in Philippines

Posted by admin on February 6, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.7403S, 125.0842WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Magsaysay in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 16.53 km, 125.0842° East, 6.7403° North. Id of earthquake: us6000df87. Event ids that are associated: us6000df87. The temblor was reported at 23:28:52 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/21 / 2021-02-06 23:28:52 / February 6, 2021 @ 11:28 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.53 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maitum, Magnaga, Maasin.

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 two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km WSW of Magsaysay, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0842° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7403° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km WSW of Magsaysay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-06 23:28:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-06 23:44:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 355 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 0.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us6000df87 Id of event.
Event Code 6000df87 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000df87, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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