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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 8 km NNE of Surigao, Philippines


Earthquake location 9.8542S, 125.5282WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Surigao in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 125.5282° East, 9.8542° North, depth 108.49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 22:34:06 / October 27, 2019 @ 10:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.49 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700063h8. Event ids that are associated: us700063h8. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:34:06 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 8 km (5 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Magallanes, Sogod, Cabadbaran.

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 8 km NNE of Surigao, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.5282° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8542° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NNE of Surigao, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-27 22:34:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-20 04:31:37 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 2.767 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us700063h8 Id of event.
Event Code 700063h8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700063h8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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