Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 3 km NW of Tantangan, Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tantangan in Philippines on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:30:48 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 124.7282° East, 6.6428° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 02:30:48 / November 17, 2019 @ 2:30 am. Id of earthquake: us70006bs1. Event ids that are associated: us70006bs1.

Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Damulog, Parang, Banisilan (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-eight 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 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: 3 km NW of Tantangan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.7282° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6428° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km NW of Tantangan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-11-17 02:30:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-30 01:39:18	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	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	0.945	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us70006bs1	Id of event.
Event Code	70006bs1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006bs1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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