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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 24 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines


Earthquake location 10.1518S, 126.2141WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000ndjn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndjn. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 18:37:31 / August 21, 2024 @ 6:37 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.544 km (41 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:37:31 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.2141° East, 10.1518° North, depth 65.544 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cantilan, Luna, Surigao. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 24 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2141° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.1518° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.544 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-21 18:37:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 20:27:00 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.126 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 125 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 us7000ndjn Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndjn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndjn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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