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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Tarragona in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.9895S, 126.5556WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tarragona in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 173.921 km (108 miles). 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 08:46:43 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 08:46:43 / August 4, 2024 @ 8:46 am. Event id: us6000ni12. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ni12. Exact location of earthquake, 126.5556° East, 6.9895° North, depth 173.921 km.

The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabunturan, Samal, Compostela (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5556° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9895° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 173.921 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 08:46:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-04 09:12:31 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 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.973 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000ni12 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni12 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni12, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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