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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Mantang in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.8354S, 125.274WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mantang in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000andy. Unique identifier: us7000andy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/20 / 2020-07-07 09:52:38 / July 7, 2020 @ 9:52 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.274 East, latitude 11.8354 North, depth = 37.92 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.92 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:52:38 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mondragon, Capoocan, Jaro (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km WSW of Mantang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.274° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.8354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Mantang, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-07 09:52:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-26 10:34:14 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 32.963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000andy Id of event.
Event Code 7000andy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000andy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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