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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines

Posted by admin on March 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 3.8388S, 125.8069WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 177 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (110 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.983 km (91 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:52:37 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 04:52:37 / February 26, 2025 @ 4:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.8069 East, latitude 3.8388 North, depth = 145.983 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px9h. Id of event: us6000px9h.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 177 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.8069° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.8388° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.983 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 177 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-26 04:52:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-22 00:43:26 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 271 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.946 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us6000px9h Id of event.
Event Code 6000px9h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000px9h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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