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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Binabalian in Philippines


Earthquake location 16.7269S, 119.9899WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Binabalian in Philippines. 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: us7000nmg2. Unique identifier: us7000nmg2. The temblor was picked up at 20:33:44 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 119.9899° East, 16.7269° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 20:33:44 / October 1, 2024 @ 8:33 pm.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loqueb Este, Tamayo, Catablan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mangaldan (c. 88 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Manaoag (c. 59 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lingayen (c. 56 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Binmaley (c. 44 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from La Trinidad (c. 41 300 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 three 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 quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km N of Binabalian, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.9899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7269° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km N of Binabalian, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 20:33:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 15:04:04 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 340 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 6.145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000nmg2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmg2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmg2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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