Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Wawa in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Wawa in Philippines on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mp6l. Id of event: us7000mp6l. The temblor was picked up at 08:51:08 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 08:51:08 / May 24, 2024 @ 8:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 143.927 km, 120.6754° East, 13.5735° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.927 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concepcion Ibaba, General Trias, Dolores (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Lipa City (c. 212 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Pablo (c. 207 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Silang (c. 119 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NNW of Wawa, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.6754° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.5735° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	143.927 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km NNW of Wawa, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-24 08:51:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-08 06:14:10	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	271	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	9.675	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	us7000mp6l	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mp6l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mp6l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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