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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Hinatuan in Philippines

Posted by admin on January 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.5144S, 126.6482WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 05:49:38 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pj4g. Id of event: us6000pj4g. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 05:49:38 / January 10, 2025 @ 5:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.6482° East, latitude 8.5144° North, depth = 12.99 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.99 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monkayo, Bayugan, San Luis (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 37 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6482° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5144° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-10 05:49:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-10 06:29:54 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.784 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us6000pj4g Id of event.
Event Code 6000pj4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pj4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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