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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Gamut in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.5391S, 126.4283WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gamut in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.531 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:34:18 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 11:34:18 / April 27, 2024 @ 11:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4283° East, 8.5391° North, depth 66.531 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000muae. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muae.

Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tungao, Kinablangan, Taligaman (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km E of Gamut, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4283° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.531 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km E of Gamut, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 11:34:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 15:39:01 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 340 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.685 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000muae Id of event.
Event Code 6000muae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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