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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Magsaysay in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.6701S, 125.1116WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Magsaysay in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.1116 East, latitude 6.6701 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000nmxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmxr. The temblor was detected at 20:22:52 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 20:22:52 / October 5, 2024 @ 8:22 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Glan, Simod, Kiamba (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 13 km SW of Magsaysay, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1116° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6701° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SW of Magsaysay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-05 20:22:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 02:57:02 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 298 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us7000nmxr Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmxr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmxr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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