Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Sarangani in Philippines

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 05:48:28 / August 16, 2024 @ 5:48 am. The temblor was detected at 05:48:28 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.67° East, latitude 4.95° North, depth = 187.37 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n7d0. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7d0. The epicenter was at a depth of 187.37 km (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangyan, Sarangani. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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: 55 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.67° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	4.95° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	187.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-16 05:48:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-16 06:06:16	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	2.108	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.84 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	us7000n7d0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7d0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7d0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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