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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Manay in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.0912S, 126.7737WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Manay in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 15:48:17 / February 17, 2016 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:48:17 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.14 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us200050w2. Ids that are associated to the event: us200050w2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.7737° East, latitude 7.0912° North, depth = 71.14 km.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Compostela, Magnaga, Manat (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 29 km ESE of Manay, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7737° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.0912° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km ESE of Manay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-17 15:48:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-18 00:10:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 340 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 1.185 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us200050w2 Id of event.
Event Code 200050w2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200050w2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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