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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Ilioilio in Philippines


Earthquake location 15.9734S, 119.581WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ilioilio in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 02:55:34 / February 25, 2021 @ 2:55 am. Id of earthquake: us7000ddh3. Event ids that are associated: us7000ddh3. The temblor was detected at 02:55:34 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 119.581 East, latitude 15.9734 North, depth = 35 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sison, Alcala, Subusub. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Mangaldan (c. 88 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Manaoag (c. 59 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Lingayen (c. 56 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Binmaley (c. 44 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Camiling (c. 39 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Aringay (c. 29 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Agoo (c. 29 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km W of Ilioilio, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9734° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km W of Ilioilio, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-25 02:55:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 03:32:21 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 369 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 6.953 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000ddh3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddh3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddh3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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