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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Namuac in Philippines


Earthquake location 19.2244S, 121.1858WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Namuac in Philippines on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 00:54:24 / May 27, 2017 @ 12:54 am. Unique identifier: us10008vnh. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vnh. The temblor was picked up at 08:54:24 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.1858 East, latitude 19.2244 North, depth = 35.56 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.56 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballesteros, Cabaritan East, Claveria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen 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 earthquakes 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. 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: 67 km N of Namuac, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.1858° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2244° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km N of Namuac, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-27 00:54:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-27 01:15:22 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 3.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us10008vnh Id of event.
Event Code 10008vnh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008vnh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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