Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Pilar in Philippines

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Pilar in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.501 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:12 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nu8v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu8v. Exact location, longitude 126.4571° East, latitude 10.0065° North, depth = 6.501 km. Global time and date of event 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 12:57:12 / November 26, 2024 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Claver, Cantilan, Socorro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop).

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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 42 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4571° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.0065° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.501 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-26 12:57:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-26 13:23:24	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	312	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.044	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	104	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	us7000nu8v	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nu8v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nu8v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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