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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.5095S, 127.0251WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.806 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:03:07 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0251 East, latitude 8.5095 North, depth = 51.806 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 19:03:07 / June 21, 2024 @ 7:03 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mttp. Id of event: us7000mttp.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barobo, Tagbina, Aras-asan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop).

Each 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 ten and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0251° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.806 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-21 19:03:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 19:25:14 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us7000mttp Id of event.
Event Code 7000mttp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mttp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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