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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Caburan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Caburan in Philippines on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 20:05:13 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 110.731 km, 126.1575° East, 5.6965° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.731 km (69 miles). Global time and date of event 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 20:05:13 / October 3, 2024 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nwde. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nwde.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malapatan, Malita, Pangyan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.1575° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6965° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	110.731 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-03 20:05:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-03 20:23:27	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	354	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.48	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us6000nwde	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nwde	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nwde,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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