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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Calatagan in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.8177S, 120.5629WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Calatagan in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 120.5629 East, latitude 13.8177 North, depth = 102.749 km. The temblor was reported at 11:37:44 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz3p. Id of event: us6000nz3p. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 11:37:44 / September 25, 2024 @ 11:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.749 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dolores, Calubcub Dos, Dayap (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 216 700 pop).

Each 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WSW of Calatagan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.5629° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8177° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.749 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km WSW of Calatagan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-25 11:37:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 06:52:29 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.549 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000nz3p Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz3p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz3p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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