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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near La Paz in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.9762S, 126.2395WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from La Paz in Philippines on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.2395 East, latitude 8.9762 North, depth = 75.937 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:21:30 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nykv. Unique identifier: us6000nykv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.937 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 13:21:30 / October 14, 2024 @ 1:21 pm.

Event epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto, Bacuag, Bunawan (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km WSW of La Paz, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2395° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.9762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.937 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km WSW of La Paz, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-14 13:21:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 13:52:38 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 326 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.004 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000nykv Id of event.
Event Code 6000nykv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nykv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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