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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Sulangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.1138S, 126.2961WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 16:01:27 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 08:01:27 / March 19, 2019 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000jidv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jidv. Exact location, longitude 126.2961° East, latitude 11.1138° North, depth = 58.68 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.68 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Llorente (c. 7 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Balangiga (c. 5 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Maydolong (c. 5 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Giporlos (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balangiga, Maydolong, Giporlos. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 54 km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2961° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-19 08:01:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-19 08:35:18 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 369 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 4.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us1000jidv Id of event.
Event Code 1000jidv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jidv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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