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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 12 km ENE of Osmeña, Philippines


Earthquake location 12.7846S, 123.4342WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Osmeña in Philippines on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 12:36:43 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n0yb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0yb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.161 km (14 miles). Exact location, longitude 123.4342° East, latitude 12.7846° North, depth = 22.161 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 12:36:43 / May 25, 2024 @ 12:36 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Naga (c. 174 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Iriga City (c. 94 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talisay, Allen, Camaligan.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 12 km ENE of Osmeña, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.4342° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7846° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.161 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ENE of Osmeña, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-25 12:36:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-26 07:47:23 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 340 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000n0yb Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0yb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0yb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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