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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.2798S, 126.6857WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.6857 East, latitude 8.2798 North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us1000953j. Event ids that are associated: us1000953j. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:21:58 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 15:21:58 / June 28, 2017 @ 3:21 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Compostela, Bah-Bah, Loreto.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 30 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6857° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.2798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km ENE 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 2017-06-28 15:21:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-28 21:57:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 298 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 1.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us1000953j Id of event.
Event Code 1000953j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000953j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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