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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.7625S, 127.0474WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 16:51:43 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0474 East, latitude 7.7625 North, depth = 49.214 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nmvv. Event ids that are associated: us6000nmvv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 16:51:43 / August 6, 2024 @ 4:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.214 km (31 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manay, Lingig, Cateel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop).

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

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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. 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: 55 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.7625° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.214 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-06 16:51:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-03 20:50:56 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 259 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000nmvv Id of event.
Event Code 6000nmvv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nmvv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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