Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Maitum in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Maitum in Philippines on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.371 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 01:48:35 / September 23, 2024 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 124.3571° East, latitude 5.6634° North, depth = 29.371 km. Id of earthquake: us7000ngu4. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngu4. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:48:35 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Dahay (c. 7 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dahay, Surallah, Maasin (min 5000 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 four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km SSW of Maitum, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.3571° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6634° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.371 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 km SSW of Maitum, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-23 01:48:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-18 00:09:04	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	259	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.851	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us7000ngu4	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngu4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngu4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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