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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 28 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.9232S, 125.9271WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mangili in Philippines. Unique identifier: us6000nzar. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzar. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 149.708 km (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9271 East, latitude 5.9232 North, depth = 149.708 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 09:58:04 / October 17, 2024 @ 9:58 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:04 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malalag, Silway 7, La Union.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9271° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.9232° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 149.708 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km ESE of Mangili, 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 09:58:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 10:30:28 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 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.19 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us6000nzar Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzar An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzar, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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