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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Palimbang in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.7968S, 123.9625WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us10008r6n. Event ids that are associated: us10008r6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 16:58:51 / May 4, 2017 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 530.74 km (330 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:58:51 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.9625 East, latitude 5.7968 North, depth = 530.74 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamansig, Bantogon, Kiamba.

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

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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 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: 52 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.9625° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7968° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 530.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-04 16:58:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-24 20:25:38 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 259 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 2.044 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us10008r6n Id of event.
Event Code 10008r6n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008r6n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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