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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.1178S, 127.3WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 127.3° East, latitude 8.1178° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nd9r. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd9r. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:20 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 21:59:20 / August 19, 2024 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kinablangan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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: 95 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1178° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-19 21:59:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 23:32:57 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 312 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.999 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000nd9r Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd9r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd9r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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