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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 22 km ESE of Baculin, Philippines


Earthquake location 7.3686S, 126.7722WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Baculin in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.46 km (30 miles). Event id: us1000chkc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000chkc. Global time and date of event 25/01/18 / 2018-01-25 20:04:26 / January 25, 2018 @ 8:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 48.46 km, 126.7722° East, 7.3686° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:04:26 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montevista, Monkayo, Nabunturan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km ESE of Baculin, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7722° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.3686° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km ESE of Baculin, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-25 20:04:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-08 16:30:24 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 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 1.22 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us1000chkc Id of event.
Event Code 1000chkc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000chkc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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