Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Osias in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Osias in Philippines on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 21:18:14 / September 23, 2017 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000atpp. Unique identifier: us2000atpp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:18:14 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 124.8199° East, 7.5946° North, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabayangan, Calabugao, Santa Ana. Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Cagayan de Oro (c. 445 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.8199° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.5946° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km SSE of Osias, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-23 21:18:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-23 21:44:30	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	3.4	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	370	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	0.916	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	95	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	us2000atpp	Id of event.
Event Code	2000atpp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000atpp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

124.8199° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

7.5946° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

0km SSE of Osias, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-09-23 21:18:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-23 21:44:30

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

3.4

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

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

370

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.916

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.84 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000atpp

Id of event.

Event Code

2000atpp

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000atpp,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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