Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Payapa in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Payapa in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.35 km (92 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/17 / 2017-02-08 20:54:24 / February 8, 2017 @ 8:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:54:24 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.868° East, 13.9714° North, depth 147.35 km. Unique identifier: us20008kxn. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008kxn.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bocaue, Abucay, Loma de Gato (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 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 three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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 SW of Payapa, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.868° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9714° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	147.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km SW of Payapa, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-08 20:54:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-02 19:01:05	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	284	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	9.044	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	155	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	us20008kxn	Id of event.
Event Code	20008kxn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008kxn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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