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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.261S, 125.7709WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 00:29:16 / December 26, 2015 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 125.7709° East, latitude 5.261° North, depth = 89.42 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:29:16 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.42 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10004bgr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004bgr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malapatan, Sapu Padidu, Glan.

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

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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: 37 km ESE of Sarangani, 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 125.7709° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km ESE 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 2015-12-26 00:29:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-17 03:42:08 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 1.807 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us10004bgr Id of event.
Event Code 10004bgr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004bgr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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