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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Bunawan in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.1908S, 125.9794WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Bunawan in Philippines on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.276 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:13 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 11:29:13 / December 26, 2024 @ 11:29 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 59.276 km, 125.9794° East, 8.1908° North. Unique identifier: us6000pfpp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfpp.

Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Valencia (c. 83 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valencia, Pandasan, Tandag. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NNW of Bunawan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9794° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.276 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNW of Bunawan, 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 11:29:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 11:47:26 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.183 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000pfpp Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfpp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfpp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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