Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Limulan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Limulan in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pb1k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pb1k. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.9823 East, latitude 6.6174 North, depth = 542.987 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 05:38:13 / January 25, 2025 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 542.987 km (337 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:38:13 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buluan, Libungan, Digal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen 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	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.9823° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6174° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	542.987 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km WNW of Limulan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-25 05:38:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-15 08:23:02	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	259	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.392	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	144	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	us7000pb1k	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pb1k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pb1k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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