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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Cartagena in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8112S, 122.173WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cartagena in Philippines. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:16:45 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzjy. Unique identifier: us6000nzjy. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 07:16:45 / September 27, 2024 @ 7:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.973 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 122.173° East, latitude 9.8112° North, depth = 35.973 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miagao, Santa Catalina, Payao (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hinigaran (c. 39 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Binalbagan (c. 38 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bayawan (c. 36 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Catalina (c. 26 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Himamaylan (c. 25 100 pop).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 24 km W of Cartagena, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.173° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8112° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.973 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km W of Cartagena, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-27 07:16:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-19 07:23:17 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.753 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 126 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 us6000nzjy Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzjy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzjy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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