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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Tabiauan in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.1973S, 123.1834WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 247 km SE of Tabiauan, Philippines (153 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:52:42 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 558.26 km (347 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.1834 East, latitude 4.1973 North, depth = 558.26 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 06:52:42 / May 20, 2019 @ 6:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003nff. Unique identifier: us70003nff.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 247 km SE of Tabiauan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.1834° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.1973° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 558.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 247km SE of Tabiauan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-20 06:52:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-27 07:58:55 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 298 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 3.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us70003nff Id of event.
Event Code 70003nff An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003nff, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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