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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Puro Pinget in Philippines


Earthquake location 17.661S, 119.5824WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Puro Pinget in Philippines. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:37 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 14:33:37 / December 1, 2024 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nva5. Event ids that are associated: us7000nva5. Exact location of event, longitude 119.5824 East, latitude 17.661 North, depth = 14.383 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.383 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Bantay, Vigan (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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km W of Puro Pinget, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.5824° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.661° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.383 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km W of Puro Pinget, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-01 14:33:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-01 15:01:38 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 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.696 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 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 us7000nva5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nva5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nva5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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