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


Earthquake location 8.2113S, 127.0808WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. Global time and date of event 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 23:08:15 / October 11, 2024 @ 11:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.325 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 127.0808° East, latitude 8.2113° North, depth = 9.325 km. Event id: us7000np20. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np20. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:15 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baganga, Bislig, Hinatuan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 71 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0808° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.2113° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.325 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km E of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-11 23:08:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-07 01:03:29 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.871 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000np20 Id of event.
Event Code 7000np20 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np20, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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