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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Pondaguitan in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.4709S, 126.9803WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (82 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 19:24:29 / November 23, 2024 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.931 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:24:29 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000p7at. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7at. Exact location of event, longitude 126.9803 East, latitude 5.4709 North, depth = 89.931 km.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 132 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9803° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4709° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.931 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-23 19:24:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-24 02:46:59 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us6000p7at Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7at An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7at, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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