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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Columbio in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.697S, 124.9861WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Columbio in Philippines on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005x9w. Id of event: us70005x9w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 18:45:53 / October 22, 2019 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.37 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 124.9861° East, 6.697° North, depth 9.37 km. The temblor was detected at 02:45:53 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dalumangcob, Simod, South Upi (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km E of Columbio, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.9861° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km E of Columbio, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-22 18:45:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-22 19:21:24 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 0.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us70005x9w Id of event.
Event Code 70005x9w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005x9w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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