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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 34 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines

Posted by admin on August 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.0877S, 126.0213WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000nnmk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnmk. Exact location, longitude 126.0213° East, latitude 6.0877° North, depth = 131.16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131.16 km (81 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 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:15:49 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 06:15:49 / August 30, 2024 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 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 Sarangani, Padada, Glan.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0213° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.0877° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-30 06:15:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 06:34:50 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 326 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us6000nnmk Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnmk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnmk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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