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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Miaga in Philippines


Earthquake location 12.2192S, 123.8222WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Miaga in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/19 / 2019-06-11 23:02:15 / June 11, 2019 @ 11:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8222 East, latitude 12.2192 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us600042fp. Ids that are associated to the event: us600042fp. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:02:15 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gubat (c. 14 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naval, Bacon, Catarman (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 2 km SSE of Miaga, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.8222° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.2192° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SSE of Miaga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-11 23:02:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-19 04:22:41 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 312 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 8.753 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us600042fp Id of event.
Event Code 600042fp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600042fp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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