Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Cortes in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Cortes in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 17:27:01 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.4891° East, latitude 9.4152° North, depth = 66.406 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.406 km (41 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmfv. Unique identifier: us7000nmfv. Global time and date of event 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 17:27:01 / October 1, 2024 @ 5:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bacuag (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bacuag, Claver, Aras-asan. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4891° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.4152° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.406 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km ENE of Cortes, 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 17:27:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-23 20:49:31	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	312	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.498	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us7000nmfv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nmfv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nmfv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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