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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 4 km ENE of Sambayanihan People’s Village, Philippines


Earthquake location 14.4766S, 121.0321WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sambayanihan People’s Village in Philippines. Event id: us70007pef. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007pef. Global time and date of event 04/02/20 / 2020-02-04 13:56:13 / February 4, 2020 @ 1:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.0321 East, latitude 14.4766 North, depth = 144.37 km. The temblor was reported at 21:56:13 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 144.37 km (90 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magalang, Santol, Calubcub Dos (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 4 km ENE of Sambayanihan People’s Village, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.0321° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4766° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km ENE of Sambayanihan People's Village, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-04 13:56:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-13 14:49:16 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 259 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 0.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us70007pef Id of event.
Event Code 70007pef An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007pef, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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