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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Santa Maria in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0742S, 126.7011WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7011° East, 8.0742° North, depth 78.118 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nhxt. Event ids that are associated: us6000nhxt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.118 km (49 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 17:12:59 / August 3, 2024 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:12:59 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto, Lianga, Montevista (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop).

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

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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. 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: 29 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7011° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0742° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-03 17:12:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-03 19:33:11 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 298 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.494 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000nhxt Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhxt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhxt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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