Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Baleno in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Baleno in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.786 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000np7c. Event ids that are associated: us6000np7c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 13:01:32 / August 27, 2024 @ 1:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.5209 East, latitude 12.5436 North, depth = 11.786 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:01:32 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baao, Agupit, Iriga City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Iriga City (c. 94 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNE of Baleno, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.5209° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.5436° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.786 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km NNE of Baleno, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-27 13:01:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-21 16:48:43	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	369	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	128	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.805	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	82	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	us6000np7c	Id of event.
Event Code	6000np7c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000np7c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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