Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Bato in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Bato in Philippines on Wednesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:47 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.8388 East, latitude 13.2724 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 19:30:47 / November 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nw63. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nw63.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Virac (c. 15 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gubat (c. 14 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Balete (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sorsogon, Bulusan, Balete.

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 was reported nearby. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km ESE of Bato, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.8388° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.2724° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69 km ESE of Bato, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-20 19:30:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-11 16:28:44	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	6.207	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	131	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	us7000nw63	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nw63	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nw63,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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