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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tagbak in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.6889S, 120.0938WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tagbak in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:47:04 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.0938° East, 13.6889° North, depth 34.359 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.359 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8xx. Unique identifier: us6000n8xx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 05:47:04 / June 23, 2024 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Mariveles (c. 84 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Nasugbu (c. 62 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Balayan (c. 50 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taal (c. 39 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Calaca (c. 37 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mamburao (c. 23 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Mariveles (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

Questions or comments?

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. 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: 16 km S of Tagbak, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.0938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6889° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.359 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km S of Tagbak, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-23 05:47:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-13 05:19:53 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 13.612 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us6000n8xx Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8xx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8xx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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