Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Taguisa in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Taguisa in Philippines on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000plvw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plvw. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:21:36 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.92° East, latitude 6.7286° North, depth = 553.623 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 00:21:36 / January 13, 2025 @ 12:21 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 553.623 km (344 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Midsayap (c. 32 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bañga, Maitum, Tabina (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 13 km WNW of Taguisa, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.92° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.7286° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	553.623 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km WNW of Taguisa, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-13 00:21:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-24 00:27:40	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	354	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	50	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.682	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 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	us6000plvw	Id of event.
Event Code	6000plvw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000plvw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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