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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Pondaguitan in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.8015S, 127.2143WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 130 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (81 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 21:09:33 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 21:09:33 / December 20, 2024 @ 9:09 pm. Event id: us7000p0h2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0h2. Exact location of event, longitude 127.2143 East, latitude 5.8015 North, depth = 73.025 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.025 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 130 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2143° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.8015° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.025 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 21:09:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-20 21:36:15 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.056 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 77 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 us7000p0h2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0h2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0h2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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