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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 7 km SSW of Sagbayan, Philippines


Earthquake location 9.8509S, 124.0745WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sagbayan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 21:22:08 / June 29, 2024 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 605.151 km (376 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:22:08 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000n9a0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9a0. Exact location of event, longitude 124.0745 East, latitude 9.8509 North, depth = 605.151 km.

Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tagbilaran City (c. 86 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guihulñgan, Maasin, Asturias (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSW of Sagbayan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.0745° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8509° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 605.151 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSW of Sagbayan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-29 21:22:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-19 01:15:00 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 284 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.139 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us6000n9a0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9a0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9a0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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