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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 55 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines

Posted by admin on September 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.0517S, 126.9443WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.799 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000npnt. Event ids that are associated: us6000npnt. The temblor was detected at 11:26:39 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9443 East, latitude 8.0517 North, depth = 33.799 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 11:26:39 / August 12, 2024 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvacion, Hinatuan, Bislig (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9443° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0517° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.799 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-12 11:26:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 12:31:27 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 298 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.668 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us6000npnt Id of event.
Event Code 6000npnt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npnt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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