Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Hukay in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hukay in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 12:45:44 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:45 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:45:44 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 217.15 km, 120.7262° East, 13.7624° North. Unique identifier: us2000g9mz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g9mz. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 217.15 km (135 miles).

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 Majayjay, Castañas, Limay. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 216 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SSE of Hukay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.7262° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.7624° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	217.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km SSE of Hukay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-15 12:45:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-22 08:57:18	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	259	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	8.808	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us2000g9mz	Id of event.
Event Code	2000g9mz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000g9mz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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