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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Santa Maria in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0859S, 126.7208WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 22:06:10 / August 3, 2024 @ 10:06 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.999 km (46 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.7208° East, latitude 8.0859° North, depth = 73.999 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n8nf. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8nf. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:06:10 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto, Lianga, Montevista (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7208° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0859° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.999 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-03 22:06:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-22 21:25:50 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000n8nf Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8nf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8nf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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