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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Basco in Philippines

Posted by admin on June 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 20.1069S, 121.4116WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 00:18:26 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.192 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.4116 East, latitude 20.1069 North, depth = 36.192 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 00:18:26 / May 22, 2024 @ 12:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mnt7. Event ids that are associated: us7000mnt7.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 69 km WSW of Basco, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.4116° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.1069° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.192 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km WSW 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 2024-05-22 00:18:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-06 01:51:48 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000mnt7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnt7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnt7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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