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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Marihatag in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.6702S, 126.6202WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Marihatag in Philippines. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:59:22 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 41.917 km (26 miles). Event id: us6000mux4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mux4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.6202 East, latitude 8.6702 North, depth = 41.917 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 15:59:22 / April 29, 2024 @ 3:59 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cantilan, Loreto, Cateel.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 38 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6202° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.6702° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.917 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-29 15:59:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 17:05:26 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us6000mux4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mux4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mux4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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