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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Mamburao in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.1946S, 120.618WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mamburao in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.35 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.618° East, 13.1946° North, depth 61.35 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:29:49 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/16 / 2016-05-31 16:29:49 / May 31, 2016 @ 4:29 pm. Event id: us20005zea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zea.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laiya, Quilo-quilo, Banaybanay. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Calapan (c. 66 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nasugbu (c. 62 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Balayan (c. 50 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pinamalayan (c. 43 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Taal (c. 39 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Banaybanay (c. 39 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 3 km SE of Mamburao, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1946° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SE of Mamburao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-31 16:29:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-31 17:25:06 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 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 8.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us20005zea Id of event.
Event Code 20005zea An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005zea, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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