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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Pasuquin in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pasuquin in Philippines on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:25:25 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000n7lm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7lm. Exact location of event, depth 39.079 km, 120.7571° East, 18.3844° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.079 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 10:25:25 / August 17, 2024 @ 10:25 am.

The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Lasam, Aparri.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ENE of Pasuquin, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.7571° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.3844° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.079 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km ENE of Pasuquin, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-17 10:25:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-17 10:52:54	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	326	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.421	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	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	us7000n7lm	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7lm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7lm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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