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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.849S, 126.119WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.303 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.119° East, 4.849° North, depth 94.303 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mr98. Event ids that are associated: us7000mr98. The temblor was reported at 01:04:45 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 01:04:45 / June 9, 2024 @ 1:04 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.119° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.849° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.303 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 01:04:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-09 01:24:29 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.27 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000mr98 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mr98 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mr98, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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