Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Dinagat in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Dinagat in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.344 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nqpl. Id of event: us6000nqpl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5935 East, latitude 10.0656 North, depth = 105.344 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 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 02:31:01 / August 16, 2024 @ 2:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:31:01 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Bato (c. 10 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bato, Cantilan, Maasin.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 12 km N of Dinagat, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5935° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.0656° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	105.344 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km N of Dinagat, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-16 02:31:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-10 21:51:11	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	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.977	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	96	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	us6000nqpl	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nqpl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nqpl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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