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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Matanao in Philippines

Posted by admin on February 17, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.6672S, 125.2278WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Matanao in Philippines. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:03:43 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/02/21 / 2021-02-17 13:03:43 / February 17, 2021 @ 1:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2278 East, latitude 6.6672 North, depth = 21.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.04 km (13 miles). Event id: us6000didz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000didz.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corocotan, Libungan, Kiamba (min 5000 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km WSW of Matanao, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.2278° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km WSW of Matanao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-17 13:03:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-17 13:31:53 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 0.53 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000didz Id of event.
Event Code 6000didz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000didz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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