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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Tiblawan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.4497S, 126.0366WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tiblawan in Philippines on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfnl. Unique identifier: us6000pfnl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.796 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:55:25 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0366° East, 6.4497° North, depth 68.796 km. Global time and date of event 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 05:55:25 / December 26, 2024 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Conel, Cuambog, Biao (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km WSW of Tiblawan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0366° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4497° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.796 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km WSW of Tiblawan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-26 05:55:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 06:13:05 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 326 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us6000pfnl Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfnl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfnl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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