Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Bantacan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Bantacan in Philippines on Monday. Global time and date of event 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 18:26:10 / May 13, 2024 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.875 km (9 miles). Event id: us6000mybt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mybt. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:26:10 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.875 km, 126.1565° East, 7.5772° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Union, Tagbina, Sirib (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop).

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 seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SE of Bantacan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.1565° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.5772° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.875 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km SE of Bantacan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-13 18:26:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-13 19:00:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	326	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.763	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	96	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	us6000mybt	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mybt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mybt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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