Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Bacuag in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bacuag in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.6569 East, latitude 9.653 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000n8nc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8nc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:19:04 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 15:19:04 / August 3, 2024 @ 3:19 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tandag, Nasipit, Taligaman (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 5 km NNE of Bacuag, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.6569° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.653° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNE of Bacuag, 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 15:19:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-28 15:00:13	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	284	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.568	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	141	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	us7000n8nc	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n8nc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n8nc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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