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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Hingatungan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hingatungan in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 67.852 km, 125.388° East, 10.7363° North. Event id: us6000n9jj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9jj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/24 / 2024-07-01 05:22:23 / July 1, 2024 @ 5:22 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:22:23 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.852 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carigara, Borongan, Babatngon (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km NE of Hingatungan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.388° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.7363° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.852 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27 km NE of Hingatungan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-01 05:22:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-01 05:40:48	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.648	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	39	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	us6000n9jj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n9jj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n9jj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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