Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Puerto Galera in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Puerto Galera in Philippines on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000n0i3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0i3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 120.9412 East, latitude 13.5281 North, depth = 145.823 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.823 km (91 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:04:22 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 16:04:22 / May 17, 2024 @ 4:04 pm.

The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lucena (c. 228 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 216 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lipa City (c. 212 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pasong Kawayan Primero, Pila, Naic (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km NNW of Puerto Galera, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.9412° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.5281° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	145.823 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km NNW of Puerto Galera, 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 16:04:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-23 20:39:44	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	259	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	12.338	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	122	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	us6000n0i3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n0i3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n0i3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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