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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 1 km SSW of Maturanoc, Philippines


Earthquake location 15.6441S, 120.7851WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Maturanoc in Philippines. Event id: us2000jf1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jf1v. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.49 km (97 miles). Global time and date of event 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 22:28:00 / February 7, 2019 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:28:00 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.7851 East, latitude 15.6441 North, depth = 156.49 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Cabanatuan City (c. 220 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Malolos (c. 198 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balsic, La Trinidad, Balagtas (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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 1 km SSW of Maturanoc, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.7851° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6441° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km SSW of Maturanoc, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-07 22:28:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-09 03:19:14 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 7.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us2000jf1v Id of event.
Event Code 2000jf1v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jf1v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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