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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Basco in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 20.3005S, 121.536WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Basco in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:09:17 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.018 km (29 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000niwi. Event ids that are associated: us6000niwi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 21:09:17 / July 25, 2024 @ 9:09 pm. Exact location, longitude 121.536° East, latitude 20.3005° North, depth = 47.018 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km WSW of Basco, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.536° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.3005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.018 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km WSW of Basco, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-25 21:09:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 21:03:31 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.54 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 122 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 us6000niwi Id of event.
Event Code 6000niwi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000niwi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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