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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Cabatuan in Philippines


Earthquake location 12.87S, 125.5192WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Cabatuan in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000ng63. Event ids that are associated: us6000ng63. Exact location of event, longitude 125.5192 East, latitude 12.87 North, depth = 33.193 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:50:49 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 14:50:49 / July 16, 2024 @ 2:50 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.193 km (21 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Oras (c. 9 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dolores, Mondragon, Oras (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NE of Cabatuan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.5192° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.87° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.193 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km NE of Cabatuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-16 14:50:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 14:31:59 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000ng63 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ng63 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ng63, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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