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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 55 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines


Earthquake location 8.1066S, 126.9397WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 03:00:54 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n8me. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8me. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.331 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9397 East, latitude 8.1066 North, depth = 55.331 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 03:00:54 / August 3, 2024 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tagbina, Salvacion, Hinatuan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.331 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 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 03:00:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 01:30:59 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.697 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us7000n8me Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8me An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8me, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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