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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 64 km SE of Bobon, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.4711S, 126.7558WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bobon in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7558° East, 6.4711° North, depth 112.978 km. Id of earthquake: us7000np03. Event ids that are associated: us7000np03. The temblor was reported at 13:03:54 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.978 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 13:03:54 / October 30, 2024 @ 1:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lupon, Manay, Batobato.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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 quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km SE of Bobon, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7558° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4711° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.978 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SE of Bobon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-30 13:03:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 18:14:43 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 326 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us7000np03 Id of event.
Event Code 7000np03 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np03, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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