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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Kalbay in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.7298S, 125.5465WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kalbay in Philippines on Monday. Global time and date of event 09/11/20 / 2020-11-09 03:24:10 / November 9, 2020 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000ce8w. Event ids that are associated: us7000ce8w. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131.89 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:24:10 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.5465 East, latitude 5.7298 North, depth = 131.89 km.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basiawan, Polonoling, Sulit. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop).

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 four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km E of Kalbay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.5465° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km E of Kalbay, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-09 03:24:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-17 05:09:08 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 246 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 5.249 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000ce8w Id of event.
Event Code 7000ce8w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ce8w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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