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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Cabittaogan in Philippines


Earthquake location 17.513S, 119.5231WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. Event id: us7000p0ia. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0ia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:53:40 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.5231 East, latitude 17.513 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 23:53:40 / December 20, 2024 @ 11:53 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Vigan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.5231° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km W of Cabittaogan, 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 23:53:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-21 00:18:42 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.476 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000p0ia Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0ia An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0ia, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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