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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 3.6069S, 126.7249WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 243 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (151 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:09:59 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 10:09:59 / October 4, 2024 @ 10:09 am. Exact location of event, longitude 126.7249 East, latitude 3.6069 North, depth = 52.739 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.739 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000nmvu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmvu.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 243 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7249° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.6069° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.739 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 243 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-04 10:09:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 18:36:52 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000nmvu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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