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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Bungahan in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.9562S, 120.6492WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Bungahan in Philippines. Unique identifier: us6000d3p3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d3p3. The temblor was reported at 13:43:33 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/20 / 2020-12-28 13:43:33 / December 28, 2020 @ 1:43 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 120.6492° East, 13.9562° North, depth 166.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.1 km (103 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulacan, Lumbang, Marilao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 2 km NW of Bungahan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 166.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NW of Bungahan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-28 13:43:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-28 14:51:30 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 312 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 9.406 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us6000d3p3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d3p3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d3p3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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