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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Tibanbang in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.6214S, 126.1324WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tibanbang in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.1324° East, latitude 6.6214° North, depth = 57.32 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.32 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 10:00:04 / December 10, 2015 @ 10:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:00:04 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20004g3h. Event ids that are associated: us20004g3h.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabayangan, Matanao, Wañgan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ESE of Tibanbang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1324° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6214° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ESE of Tibanbang, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-10 10:00:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-10 13:33:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us20004g3h Id of event.
Event Code 20004g3h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20004g3h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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