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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Cabodiongan in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.0086S, 125.2747WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Cabodiongan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2747 East, latitude 13.0086 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 04:50:04 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/02/16 / 2016-02-18 20:50:04 / February 18, 2016 @ 8:50 pm. Id of earthquake: us10004rrg. Event ids that are associated: us10004rrg.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catarman, Arteche, Mondragon (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mondragon (c. 5 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Arteche (c. 5 000 pop). Close 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 45 km NNE of Cabodiongan, 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 125.2747° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km NNE of Cabodiongan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-18 20:50:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-07 18:24:13 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 10.996 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us10004rrg Id of event.
Event Code 10004rrg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004rrg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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