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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Salvacion in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Salvacion in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 87.034 km (54 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000n7rr. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7rr. Exact location of event, depth 87.034 km, 126.2435° East, 8.6964° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 09:15:22 / August 18, 2024 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:15:22 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tubay, Cabadbaran, Magallanes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km ESE of Salvacion, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.2435° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6964° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	87.034 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km ESE of Salvacion, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-18 09:15:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-18 10:59:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.745	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	us7000n7rr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7rr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7rr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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