Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Cateel in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cateel in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzk7. Unique identifier: us6000nzk7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4834 East, latitude 7.8256 North, depth = 101.27 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.27 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:08:40 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 15:08:40 / September 27, 2024 @ 3:08 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gupitan, Pandasan, Corocotan.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km NE of Cateel, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4834° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.8256° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101.27 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NE of Cateel, 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 15:08:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-19 19:55:20	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	284	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.17	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	us6000nzk7	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nzk7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nzk7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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