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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 60 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines


Earthquake location 8.4949S, 126.8693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 126.8693 East, latitude 8.4949 North, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 18:27:00 / December 3, 2024 @ 6:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:27:00 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nvpv. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvpv.

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patin-ay, Libertad, Trento (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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: 60 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.4949° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-03 18:27:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 19:59:54 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 369 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.908 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000nvpv Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvpv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvpv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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