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


Earthquake location 19.9201S, 121.4272WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Basco in Philippines. Global time and date of event 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 21:50:43 / August 22, 2024 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:43 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ndl7. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndl7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.4272 East, latitude 19.9201 North, depth = 43.301 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.301 km (27 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).

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 fifteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km SW of Basco, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.4272° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.9201° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.301 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SW of Basco, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-22 21:50:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 02:37:47 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.901 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000ndl7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndl7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndl7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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