Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Aras-asan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Aras-asan in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 16:09:21 / June 8, 2024 @ 4:09 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mseb. Id of event: us7000mseb. The temblor was detected at 16:09:21 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.081 km (28 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.8774° East, latitude 8.7576° North, depth = 45.081 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lingig, Lianga, Barobo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 63 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.8774° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.7576° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.081 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-08 16:09:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-03 18:20:48	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	298	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	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.113	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 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	us7000mseb	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mseb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mseb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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