Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Capalayan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Capalayan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 125.5743° East, latitude 9.7536° North, depth = 154.045 km. 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 154.045 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:14 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 06:11:14 / May 31, 2024 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000mqr1. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqr1.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Butuan, Buenavista, Magallanes.

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

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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: 3 km ENE of Capalayan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5743° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.7536° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	154.045 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km ENE of Capalayan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-31 06:11:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-22 06:20:50	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	246	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.667	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us7000mqr1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mqr1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mqr1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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