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


Earthquake location 18.3844S, 120.7571WA 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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More information

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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