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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Namuac in Philippines


Earthquake location 19.2633S, 121.1679WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Namuac in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:56:45 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 23:56:45 / August 16, 2024 @ 11:56 pm. Exact location, longitude 121.1679° East, latitude 19.2633° North, depth = 35.024 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7j5. Id of event: us7000n7j5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.024 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballesteros, Cabaritan East, Claveria (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop).

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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 72 km N of Namuac, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.1679° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2633° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km N of Namuac, 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 23:56:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 00:24:13 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 369 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.538 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000n7j5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7j5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7j5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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