Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Baculin in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Baculin in Philippines on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.612 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.9475° East, latitude 7.5188° North, depth = 87.612 km. The temblor was reported at 16:58:19 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000myvz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myvz. Global time and date of event 06/07/24 / 2024-07-06 16:58:19 / July 6, 2024 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lingig, San Ignacio, Cateel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km E of Baculin, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.9475° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.5188° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	87.612 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km E of Baculin, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-06 16:58:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-31 19:19:31	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	271	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.429	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us7000myvz	Id of event.
Event Code	7000myvz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000myvz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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