Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Pondaguitan in Philippines

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A 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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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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