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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Puro Pinget in Philippines


Earthquake location 17.8585S, 119.733WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Puro Pinget in Philippines on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 02:33:40 / July 29, 2024 @ 2:33 am. Id of earthquake: us6000ngkn. Event ids that are associated: us6000ngkn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 119.733 East, latitude 17.8585 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:33:40 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laoag, San Nicolas, Batac City. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 69 km WNW of Puro Pinget, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.733° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8585° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km WNW of Puro Pinget, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 02:33:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 02:51:26 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 354 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us6000ngkn Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngkn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngkn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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