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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Talacogon in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.4231S, 125.8084WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Talacogon in Philippines on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.63 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/16 / 2016-02-13 11:00:51 / February 13, 2016 @ 11:00 am. The temblor was reported at 19:00:51 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.8084° East, latitude 8.4231° North, depth = 39.63 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200050v7. Id of event: us200050v7.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumilao, Lunao, Sampao (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SE of Talacogon, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.8084° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.4231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SE of Talacogon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-13 11:00:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-26 09:02:11 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 312 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 1.363 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us200050v7 Id of event.
Event Code 200050v7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200050v7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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