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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.1552S, 126.0945WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:24:09 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0945 East, latitude 5.1552 North, depth = 11.336 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 22:24:09 / April 29, 2024 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.336 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mv2a. Event ids that are associated: us6000mv2a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0945° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1552° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.336 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km ESE of Sarangani, 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 22:24:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 22:46:57 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.97 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000mv2a Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv2a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv2a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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