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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Santa Monica in Philippines

Posted by admin on November 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.1447S, 125.9884WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Saturday. Event id: us7000nqtc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqtc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:44 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9884 East, latitude 10.1447 North, depth = 81.618 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.618 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 01:12:44 / November 9, 2024 @ 1:12 am.

The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cantilan, Kitcharao, Alegria (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9884° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.1447° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.618 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-09 01:12:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 01:38:38 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.082 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nqtc Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqtc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqtc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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