Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near La Paz in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from La Paz in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 06:18:26 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5783 East, latitude 9.1691 North, depth = 50.48 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/24 / 2024-06-14 06:18:26 / June 14, 2024 @ 6:18 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8cr. Id of event: us6000n8cr. 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 50.48 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinatuan, Tagbina, Dapa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.5783° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.1691° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50.48 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-14 06:18:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-27 08:15:35	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.308	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us6000n8cr	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8cr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8cr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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