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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 21 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.9028S, 126.5858WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lukatan in Philippines on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.481 km (66 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000p6xc. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6xc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/24 / 2024-11-22 03:44:40 / November 22, 2024 @ 3:44 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:44:40 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5858 East, latitude 6.9028 North, depth = 106.481 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Maco (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maco, Manat, Cuambog (min 5000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5858° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9028° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.481 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-22 03:44:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-22 04:06:17 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.013 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000p6xc Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6xc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6xc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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