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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Pondaguitan in Philippines

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Earthquake location 6.2324S, 126.7498WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.83 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 21:45:33 / May 17, 2024 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 126.7498 East, latitude 6.2324 North, depth = 115.83 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:45:33 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzb2. Id of event: us6000mzb2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Union, Sigaboy, Tibanbang. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Union (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7498° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.2324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-17 21:45:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-17 22:15:17 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000mzb2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzb2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzb2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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