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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Union in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Union in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.651 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 126.2155° East, latitude 9.6959° North, depth = 14.651 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:33:18 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000plkt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plkt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 13:33:18 / January 22, 2025 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabadbaran, Tubay, Aras-asan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.2155° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.6959° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.651 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km ESE of Union, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-22 13:33:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-22 14:26:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	340	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	77	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.684	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	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	us6000plkt	Id of event.
Event Code	6000plkt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000plkt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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