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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.163S, 126.4337WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.38 km (42 miles). Exact location of event, depth 67.38 km, 126.4337° East, 8.163° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n8m5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8m5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 00:01:19 / August 3, 2024 @ 12:01 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:01:19 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was New Corella, San Mariano, Manat.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 0 km N of Barcelona, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4337° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.163° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km N 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 2024-08-03 00:01:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-29 02:42:15 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.377 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000n8m5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8m5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8m5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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