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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 25 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines


Earthquake location 8.3402S, 126.5819WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:44:16 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5819 East, latitude 8.3402 North, depth = 61.63 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 01:44:16 / June 16, 2017 @ 1:44 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009mwd. Id of event: us20009mwd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.63 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayugan, Montevista, Cabinuangan.

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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5819° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3402° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km NE of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-16 01:44:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-16 02:03:32 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 369 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 1.606 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us20009mwd Id of event.
Event Code 20009mwd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009mwd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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