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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Mangili in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.9941S, 125.7448WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mangili in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 04:43:26 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.7448 East, latitude 5.9941 North, depth = 172.797 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nzt7. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzt7. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 04:43:26 / December 5, 2024 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 172.797 km (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Digos, Matanao, Polonoling (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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 6 km E of Mangili, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7448° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.9941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 172.797 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km E of Mangili, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-05 04:43:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 01:14:47 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 298 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.081 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000nzt7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzt7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzt7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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