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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 38 km E of Mangili, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.9466S, 126.0225WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mangili in Philippines on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 10:00:23 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.0225° East, latitude 5.9466° North, depth = 150.207 km. Unique identifier: us6000pmkt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmkt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 10:00:23 / January 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.207 km (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Katangawan, Glan, Santa Maria.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km E of Mangili, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0225° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.9466° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150.207 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km E of Mangili, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-17 10:00:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 15:08:59 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 284 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.199 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000pmkt Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmkt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmkt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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