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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Bacolod in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.1431S, 126.7555WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Bacolod in Philippines on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxw5. Unique identifier: us7000nxw5. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:13:27 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.812 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 6.812 km, 126.7555° East, 9.1431° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 09:13:27 / November 27, 2024 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lianga, Cantilan, Tandag (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 56 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7555° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1431° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.812 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-27 09:13:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 13:18:32 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 271 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000nxw5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxw5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxw5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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