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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 37 km W of Gadung, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.8516S, 123.6817WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Gadung in Philippines. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:19:32 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.256 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 17.256 km, 123.6817° East, 6.8516° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 06:19:32 / July 19, 2024 @ 6:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n077. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n077.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lapuyan, Libungan, Midsayap (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Midsayap (c. 32 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pagaluñgan (c. 31 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km W of Gadung, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.6817° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8516° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.256 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km W of Gadung, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-19 06:19:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-19 06:58:30 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 369 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.896 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us7000n077 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n077 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n077, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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