Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Mangili in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mangili in Philippines on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:49 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 14:08:49 / August 10, 2024 @ 2:08 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 156.374 km (97 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npba. Id of event: us6000npba. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.8662° East, latitude 5.9784° North, depth = 156.374 km.

Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Polomolok, Sulop, Malalag (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.8662° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.9784° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	156.374 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km E of Mangili, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-10 14:08:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-05 17:31:02	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	271	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.121	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us6000npba	Id of event.
Event Code	6000npba	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000npba,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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