Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Sangay in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sangay in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.9929° East, 6.3068° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/21 / 2021-02-24 22:57:23 / February 24, 2021 @ 10:57 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000demj. Id of event: us7000demj. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:57:23 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lambo, Tantangan, Gansing (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 16 km SSW of Sangay, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.9929° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.3068° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km SSW of Sangay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-24 22:57:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-03-13 04:50:36	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	259	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	1.748	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	94	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	us7000demj	Id of event.
Event Code	7000demj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000demj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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