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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Santa Monica in Philippines


Earthquake location 10.2576S, 126.4201WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 22:13:16 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4201 East, latitude 10.2576 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msfw. Unique identifier: us7000msfw. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 22:13:16 / June 9, 2024 @ 10:13 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 49 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4201° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.2576° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 22:13:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-27 04:54:11 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 284 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 3.275 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us7000msfw Id of event.
Event Code 7000msfw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msfw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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