Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Matinao in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Matinao in Philippines. Unique identifier: us1000eb35. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb35. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:21:56 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 02:21:56 / May 20, 2018 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 124.7236° East, latitude 7.5727° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gansing, Libertad, Lumbia (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.7236° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.5727° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km ESE of Matinao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-20 02:21:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-05 04:06:57	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	284	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	0.984	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	96	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	us1000eb35	Id of event.
Event Code	1000eb35	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000eb35,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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