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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Basco in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 20.0634S, 121.4311WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mv8r. Id of event: us6000mv8r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 12:58:25 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:58:25 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.4311° East, latitude 20.0634° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km SW of Basco, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.4311° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.0634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km SW of Basco, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-23 12:58:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 05:12:35 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 326 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000mv8r Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv8r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv8r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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