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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Oras in Philippines


Earthquake location 12.1265S, 125.4762WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Oras in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.4762 East, latitude 12.1265 North, depth = 34.614 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 14:23:14 / April 23, 2024 @ 2:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.614 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mv8v. Id of event: us6000mv8v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:14 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mondragon, Pagsanghan, Llorente (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 4 km ESE of Oras, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.4762° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.1265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.614 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km ESE of Oras, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-23 14:23:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 21:40:07 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 298 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.026 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us6000mv8v Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv8v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv8v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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