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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 7 km NE of Arteche, Philippines


Earthquake location 12.3058S, 125.46WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Arteche in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.312 km (19 miles). Event id: us7000mu87. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu87. The temblor was reported at 05:04:35 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 05:04:35 / June 24, 2024 @ 5:04 am. Exact location, longitude 125.46° East, latitude 12.3058° North, depth = 30.312 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Policarpio, Llorente, Calbayog City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 7 km NE of Arteche, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.46° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3058° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.312 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NE of Arteche, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-24 05:04:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-24 05:48:45 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 354 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 11.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us7000mu87 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu87 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu87, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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