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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Tayaman in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.0728S, 120.3517WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Tayaman in Philippines on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/02/21 / 2021-02-01 14:08:11 / February 1, 2021 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dfvy. Unique identifier: us6000dfvy. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:11 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.3517 East, latitude 13.0728 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubang, Canubing No 2, Calatagan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Sablayan (c. 38 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mamburao (c. 23 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Calatagan (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Calintaan (c. 11 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Canubing No 2 (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km SW of Tayaman, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.3517° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.0728° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km SW of Tayaman, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-01 14:08:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-09 18:18:06 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 298 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 1.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us6000dfvy Id of event.
Event Code 6000dfvy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dfvy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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