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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 37 km NW of Tumalaytay, Philippines


Earthquake location 12.5194S, 122.9906WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Tumalaytay in Philippines. Event id: us7000nq8v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nq8v. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 10:36:27 / November 6, 2024 @ 10:36 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 122.9906° East, latitude 12.5194° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 10:36:27 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Romblon (c. 15 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pagsañgahan (c. 13 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pio Duran (c. 13 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ligao (c. 10 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pilar (c. 8 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulan, Ligao, San Andres (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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km NW of Tumalaytay, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.9906° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.5194° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NW of Tumalaytay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-06 10:36:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 15:25:05 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 17.884 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000nq8v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq8v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq8v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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