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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 65 km S of Sarangani, Philippines


Earthquake location 4.8208S, 125.3795WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Friday. Event id: us7000mscb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mscb. The temblor was reported at 06:17:54 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.3795° East, 4.8208° North, depth 9.732 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.732 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 06:17:54 / June 7, 2024 @ 6:17 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.3795° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.8208° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.732 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km S 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 2024-06-07 06:17:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-26 13:38:49 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 271 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.243 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000mscb Id of event.
Event Code 7000mscb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mscb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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