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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Santa Maria in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0083S, 126.725WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:31 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 00:39:31 / July 12, 2024 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.725 East, latitude 8.0083 North, depth = 68.834 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.834 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000neht. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000neht.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manay, Barobo, Montevista (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 30 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.725° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0083° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.834 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km E 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 2024-07-12 00:39:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-06 04:57:36 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 284 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.47 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000neht Id of event.
Event Code 6000neht An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000neht, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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