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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 7 km SSW of Viga, Philippines


Earthquake location 13.8093S, 124.2808WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Viga in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 30.952 km, 124.2808° East, 13.8093° North. Event id: us6000njn3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njn3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.952 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 16:56:47 / July 27, 2024 @ 4:56 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:56:47 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from San Jose (c. 35 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Malilipot (c. 33 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Buhi (c. 30 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Goa (c. 20 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tiwi (c. 16 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daraga, Legaspi, Sagpon (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSW of Viga, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.2808° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8093° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.952 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSW of Viga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-27 16:56:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 17:58:32 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 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.818 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000njn3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000njn3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njn3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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