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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0963S, 126.6017WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:52:34 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8ly. Unique identifier: us7000n8ly. Exact location of event, depth 80.143 km, 126.6017° East, 8.0963° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.143 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:52:34 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 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 Bah-Bah, San Mariano, Aras-asan.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ESE of Barcelona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6017° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.143 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km ESE of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-02 22:52:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 04:01:48 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.438 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us7000n8ly Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8ly An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8ly, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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