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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Bayabas in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.1277S, 126.4176WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Bayabas in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.89 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/09/16 / 2016-09-04 14:07:06 / September 4, 2016 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:07:06 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4176 East, latitude 9.1277 North, depth = 68.89 km. Unique identifier: us10006kc3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006kc3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Butuan, Cabadbaran, Claver. Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km NE of Bayabas, Philippines. This data 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 126.4176° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1277° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NE of Bayabas, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-04 14:07:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-04 15:00:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 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 2.206 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 112 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 us10006kc3 Id of event.
Event Code 10006kc3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006kc3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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