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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.1483S, 125.2738WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:21 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/21 / 2021-01-30 07:29:21 / January 30, 2021 @ 7:29 am. Exact location of event, longitude 125.2738 East, latitude 5.1483 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000dert. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dert.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caburan, Malapatan, Sapu Padidu. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.2738° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1483° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-30 07:29:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-18 06:34:53 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 1.932 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000dert Id of event.
Event Code 6000dert An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dert, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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