Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Baliton in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Baliton in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 01:30:25 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000dh2z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dh2z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.26 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.1314° East, latitude 5.6627° North, depth = 45.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 01:30:25 / February 8, 2021 @ 1:30 am.

The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dahay, Bañga, Carpenter (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 14 km SW of Baliton, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.1314° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6627° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SW of Baliton, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-08 01:30:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-17 04:23:07	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	1.466	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	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	us6000dh2z	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dh2z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dh2z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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