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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 33 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.284S, 123.7913WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Sangay in Philippines on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 123.7913° East, 6.284° North, depth 24.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.2 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/09/16 / 2016-09-02 08:39:18 / September 2, 2016 @ 8:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:39:18 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006jm5. Event ids that are associated: us10006jm5.

The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Maganoy (c. 17 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Dalican (c. 13 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Norala (c. 12 800 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 Lopez Jaena, Santo Niño, Dalican.

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.7913° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.284° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km WSW of Sangay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-02 08:39:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-02 08:56:00 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 369 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 1.939 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us10006jm5 Id of event.
Event Code 10006jm5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006jm5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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