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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Hingatungan in Philippines


Earthquake location 10.7865S, 125.3675WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hingatungan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.3675 East, latitude 10.7865 North, depth = 95.034 km. Event id: us6000n9jl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9jl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/24 / 2024-07-01 05:53:52 / July 1, 2024 @ 5:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.034 km (59 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:53:52 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matlang, Kananya, Capoocan (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km NE of Hingatungan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.3675° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.7865° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.034 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 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 05:53:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-01 06:22:34 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.699 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us6000n9jl Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9jl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9jl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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