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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.747S, 126.9322WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 08:20:38 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.933 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 08:20:38 / August 3, 2024 @ 8:20 am. Exact location, longitude 126.9322° East, latitude 7.747° North, depth = 82.933 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8mq. Id of event: us7000n8mq.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bislig, San Ignacio, Manay.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9322° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.933 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km E of Kinablangan, 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 08:20:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-24 06:05:55 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 259 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.501 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000n8mq Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8mq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8mq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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