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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 55 km SSW of Malisbeng, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.6867S, 124.099WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Malisbeng in Philippines on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 504.82 km (314 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cpui. Id of event: us7000cpui. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/20 / 2020-12-10 18:40:26 / December 10, 2020 @ 6:40 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:40:26 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 124.099° East, latitude 5.6867° North, depth = 504.82 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sebu, Kiamba, Maitum. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km SSW of Malisbeng, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.099° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.6867° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 504.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SSW of Malisbeng, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-10 18:40:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-10 23:23:52 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 284 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 2.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000cpui Id of event.
Event Code 7000cpui An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cpui, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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