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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Caraga in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.3843S, 126.5679WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Caraga in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 23:58:38 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.94 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20008ixv. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008ixv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/17 / 2017-02-10 15:58:38 / February 10, 2017 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5679 East, latitude 7.3843 North, depth = 86.94 km.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tibanbang, Sigaboy, Panabo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km N of Caraga, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5679° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.3843° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km N of Caraga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-10 15:58:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-12 13:51:29 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 1.029 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us20008ixv Id of event.
Event Code 20008ixv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008ixv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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