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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Del Carmen in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.9673S, 125.8645WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Del Carmen in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 19:09:48 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 11:09:48 / July 23, 2018 @ 11:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.99 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gf3d. Id of event: us2000gf3d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.8645 East, latitude 9.9673 North, depth = 42.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 Tubay, Cantilan, Kitcharao. The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tubay (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NW of Del Carmen, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.8645° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9673° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NW of Del Carmen, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-23 11:09:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-18 12:03:02 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 326 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 2.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 us2000gf3d Id of event.
Event Code 2000gf3d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gf3d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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