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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Barcelona in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.3096S, 126.9371WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.878 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:12:54 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 09:12:54 / August 3, 2024 @ 9:12 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhv7. Id of event: us6000nhv7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 58.878 km, 126.9371° East, 8.3096° North.

Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Libertad, Trento, Lianga.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days sixty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 57 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9371° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3096° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.878 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km ENE of Barcelona, 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 09:12:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-03 09:32:27 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 1.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us6000nhv7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhv7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhv7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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