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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Pondaguitan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.4617S, 126.6389WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:12:13 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 124.989 km, 126.6389° East, 6.4617° North. Global time and date of event 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 02:12:13 / May 5, 2024 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.989 km (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000mxs3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxs3.

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lupon, Manay, San Ignacio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6389° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.989 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km ENE 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 2024-05-05 02:12:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 22:08:46 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 312 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000mxs3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxs3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxs3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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