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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Tabiauan in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.1216S, 122.9749WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 242 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines (150 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:31:16 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 550.61 km (342 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdmg. Id of event: us7000mdmg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 550.61 km, 122.9749° East, 4.1216° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 09:31:16 / April 21, 2024 @ 9:31 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 242 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.9749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.1216° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 550.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 242 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-21 09:31:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 07:01:15 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000mdmg Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdmg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdmg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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