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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Loreto in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Loreto in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 50.508 km, 125.5695° East, 10.6738° North. The temblor was detected at 18:51:50 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plwd. Id of event: us6000plwd. Global time and date of event 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 18:51:50 / January 23, 2025 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.508 km (31 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilongos, Bato, Maydolong (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km N of Loreto, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5695° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.6738° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50.508 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km N of Loreto, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-23 18:51:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-23 21:55:12	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	312	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.581	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	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	us6000plwd	Id of event.
Event Code	6000plwd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000plwd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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