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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Palimbang in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.1352S, 123.8535WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8535 East, latitude 6.1352 North, depth = 554.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 554.22 km (344 miles). Global time and date of event 18/10/17 / 2017-10-18 00:46:29 / October 18, 2017 @ 12:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:46:29 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000atkg. Event ids that are associated: us1000atkg.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Norala (c. 12 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kauran, Isulan, Santo Niño (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 38 km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.8535° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.1352° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 554.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km WSW 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 2017-10-18 00:46:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-18 01:02:29 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 340 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 1.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us1000atkg Id of event.
Event Code 1000atkg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000atkg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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