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


Earthquake location 8.1245S, 126.3208WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bislig in Philippines on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:52 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 02:46:52 / September 29, 2024 @ 2:46 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3208 East, latitude 8.1245 North, depth = 99.798 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.798 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us6000p02p. Unique identifier: us6000p02p.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayugan, Magatos, Cambanugoy (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km S of Bislig, 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 126.3208° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.798 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km S of Bislig, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-29 02:46:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 04:13:53 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us6000p02p Id of event.
Event Code 6000p02p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p02p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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