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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Bobon in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.6853S, 126.5631WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Bobon in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71.358 km, 126.5631° East, 6.6853° North. The temblor was reported at 22:11:35 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 22:11:35 / June 22, 2024 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.358 km (44 miles). Unique identifier: us6000n8xj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8xj.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magnaga, Lupon, Manay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Magnaga (c. 7 600 pop).

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

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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 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: 32 km SE of Bobon, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5631° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6853° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.358 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SE of Bobon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 22:11:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-28 23:39:04 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 326 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.049 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us6000n8xj Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8xj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8xj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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