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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Balangonan in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.4247S, 125.0187WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Balangonan in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 15:47:41 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.504 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nn86. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn86. Exact location, longitude 125.0187° East, latitude 5.4247° North, depth = 35.504 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 15:47:41 / August 28, 2024 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malandag, Tupi, Maluñgun (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 40 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0187° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4247° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.504 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-28 15:47:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 16:37:07 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 369 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.726 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000nn86 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn86 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn86, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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