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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Pilar in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.9631S, 126.3331WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pilar in Philippines on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 14:40:36 / October 5, 2024 @ 2:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 126.3331 East, latitude 9.9631 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nwq6. Id of event: us6000nwq6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:40:36 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mainit, Kitcharao, Alegria. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3331° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9631° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-05 14:40:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-05 15:04:28 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.97 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 99 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 us6000nwq6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwq6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwq6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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