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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Tibiao in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.3173S, 121.9609WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tibiao in Philippines. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:09 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.9609 East, latitude 11.3173 North, depth = 12.305 km. 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: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 21:21:09 / June 28, 2024 @ 9:21 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx8e. Unique identifier: us7000mx8e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.305 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jordan, Salvacion, Dumangas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Iloilo (c. 387 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Roxas City (c. 102 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Kalibo (poblacion) (c. 56 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Passi (c. 42 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pandan (c. 34 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Oton (c. 14 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Janiuay (c. 12 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km WNW of Tibiao, Philippines. This information 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 121.9609° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3173° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.305 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km WNW of Tibiao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-28 21:21:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-08 01:55:40 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.529 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mx8e Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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