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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 18 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.6734S, 125.0738WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kablalan in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 07:39:46 / September 6, 2024 @ 7:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.133 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:39:46 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nq0g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq0g. Exact location, longitude 125.0738° East, latitude 5.6734° North, depth = 77.133 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Koronadal, Santo Niño, Lambayong (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 18 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0738° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.6734° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.133 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-06 07:39:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-06 08:08:44 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 340 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us6000nq0g Id of event.
Event Code 6000nq0g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nq0g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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