Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Besao in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Besao in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.49 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd4a. Unique identifier: us7000nd4a. Exact location of earthquake, 120.8206° East, 17.123° North, depth 9.49 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 20:51:32 / August 18, 2024 @ 8:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:51:32 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago, Salinungan Proper, Payocpoc Sur. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayombong (c. 48 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from La Trinidad (c. 41 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 5 km NW of Besao, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.8206° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.123° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NW of Besao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-18 20:51:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-12 12:52:26	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.67	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 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	us7000nd4a	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nd4a	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nd4a,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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