Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Bangui in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bangui in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.8001 East, latitude 18.5007 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 17:08:53 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 17:08:53 / December 8, 2024 @ 5:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0bl. Id of event: us7000p0bl.

Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Ballesteros, Cabaritan East (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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.8001° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SE of Bangui, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-08 17:08:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-20 16:32:37	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	246	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.303	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000p0bl	Id of event.
Event Code	7000p0bl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000p0bl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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