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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Marihatag in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.8144S, 126.2809WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Marihatag in Philippines. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:07:52 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.2809 East, latitude 8.8144 North, depth = 68.978 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrxm. Unique identifier: us7000mrxm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.978 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 14:07:52 / June 12, 2024 @ 2:07 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buenavista, Socorro, Salvacion (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 1 km WNW of Marihatag, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2809° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.8144° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.978 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km WNW of Marihatag, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-12 14:07:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 13:07:08 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 340 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 121 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.868 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 92 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 us7000mrxm Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrxm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrxm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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