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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 33 km WSW of Taguisa, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.6383S, 123.7415WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Taguisa in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 123.7415° East, latitude 6.6383° North, depth = 10.313 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mr6i. Event ids that are associated: us7000mr6i. The temblor was picked up at 13:07:19 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 13:07:19 / June 8, 2024 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. 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 10.313 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pagaluñgan (c. 31 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Parang, Malingao, Budta.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 33 km WSW of Taguisa, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.7415° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6383° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.313 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WSW of Taguisa, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-08 13:07:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-08 14:05:28 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 354 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.874 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us7000mr6i Id of event.
Event Code 7000mr6i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mr6i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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