Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Banisilan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Banisilan in Philippines on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mq2g. Unique identifier: us7000mq2g. Exact location, longitude 124.7104° East, latitude 7.4463° North, depth = 13.577 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 11:40:12 / May 27, 2024 @ 11:40 am. 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 13.577 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:40:12 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Biao, Baracatan, Lutayan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Valencia (c. 83 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop).

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 was reported nearby. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSW of Banisilan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.7104° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.4463° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.577 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSW of Banisilan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-27 11:40:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-16 08:52:22	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	298	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.94	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108	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	us7000mq2g	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mq2g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mq2g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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