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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.0695S, 125.2397WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.2397° East, latitude 5.0695° North, depth = 217.9 km. Unique identifier: us6000nzcv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzcv. The temblor was picked up at 15:33:00 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 217.9 km (135 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 15:33:00 / October 17, 2024 @ 3:33 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sapu Padidu, Maasin, Glan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.2397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.0695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 217.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-17 15:33:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 18:40:51 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 298 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.015 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000nzcv Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzcv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzcv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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