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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 5 km WSW of Kiupo, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.8251S, 125.2739WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kiupo in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mx82. Id of event: us7000mx82. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.2739° East, 5.8251° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 10:03:10 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 10:03:10 / June 28, 2024 @ 10:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Niño, Padada, Maitum (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Kiupo, 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 125.2739° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.8251° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km WSW of Kiupo, 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 10:03:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-24 14:46:13 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.273 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 182 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 us7000mx82 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx82 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx82, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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