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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Giporlos in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Giporlos in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5031 East, latitude 10.8527 North, depth = 9.519 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw5y. Unique identifier: us6000pw5y. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 21:00:29 / February 28, 2025 @ 9:00 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.519 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:00:29 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilongos, Bato, Babatngon.

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 30 km S of Giporlos, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5031° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.8527° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.519 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km S of Giporlos, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-28 21:00:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-01 04:23:00	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	326	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.76	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	100	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	us6000pw5y	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw5y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw5y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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