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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Santa Maria in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.0052S, 126.7866WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.546 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:58:50 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.7866° East, 8.0052° North, depth 60.546 km. Global time and date of event 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 19:58:50 / August 9, 2024 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nj6l. Id of event: us6000nj6l.

Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montevista, Barobo, Manay.

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

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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: 37 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7866° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0052° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.546 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 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 2024-08-09 19:58:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-09 21:42:44 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 312 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us6000nj6l Id of event.
Event Code 6000nj6l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nj6l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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