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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Santa Maria in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0548S, 126.9786WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 14:04:23 / August 4, 2024 @ 2:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 126.9786° East, 8.0548° North, depth 59.759 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8sw. Unique identifier: us7000n8sw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.759 km (37 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:04:23 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvacion, Hinatuan, Bislig (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 59 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9786° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0548° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.759 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km E 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 2024-08-04 14:04:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 14:20:04 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 298 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.698 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us7000n8sw Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8sw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8sw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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