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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pagsanahan Norte in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.003S, 120.1504WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pagsanahan Norte in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 18:32:52 / October 16, 2024 @ 6:32 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1504 East, latitude 18.003 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000nz5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nz5j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:32:52 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candon, Pasuquin, Dingras (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Candon (c. 11 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km WNW of Pagsanahan Norte, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1504° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km WNW of Pagsanahan Norte, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 18:32:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 19:37:30 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 340 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 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nz5j Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz5j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz5j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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