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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.2032S, 126.1199WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 15:05:49 / May 30, 2024 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:05:49 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1199 East, latitude 5.2032 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mqne. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqne.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Sarangani (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (59 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop).

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

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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. 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: 76 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1199° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.2032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km ESE 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 2024-05-30 15:05:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 16:08:08 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.931 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000mqne Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqne An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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