Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 10 km E of Telafas, Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Telafas in Philippines on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 20:32:03 / May 16, 2020 @ 8:32 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:32:03 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009naz. Id of event: us70009naz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.0669° East, latitude 6.6286° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bau, Lasang, Damulog (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km E of Telafas, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.0669° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6286° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km E of Telafas, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-16 20:32:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-05 00:16:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	326	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	0.671	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	109	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	us70009naz	Id of event.
Event Code	70009naz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009naz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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