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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.1437S, 127.0394WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 19:42:22 / August 19, 2024 @ 7:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:42:22 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n802. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n802. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.443 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 12.443 km, 127.0394° East, 8.1437° North.

Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baganga, Hinatuan, Bislig (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km E of Barcelona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0394° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.443 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km E of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-19 19:42:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 20:01:05 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 354 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.798 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n802 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n802 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n802, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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