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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Piddig in Philippines

Posted by admin on February 25, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3174S, 120.8233WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Piddig in Philippines. Global time and date of event 27/01/21 / 2021-01-27 13:07:45 / January 27, 2021 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:07:45 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000deev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000deev. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.78 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.8233 East, latitude 18.3174 North, depth = 43.78 km.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Magapit, Aguiguican (c. 13 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Magapit (c. 11 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vigan, Bantay, Magapit, Aguiguican.

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

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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: 20 km NNE of Piddig, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.8233° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km NNE of Piddig, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-27 13:07:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 14:55:48 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 4.484 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 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 us6000deev Id of event.
Event Code 6000deev An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000deev, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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