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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 24 km ENE of Baculin, Philippines


Earthquake location 7.5478S, 126.7851WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Baculin in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.26 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 17:33:16 / February 8, 2021 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dh3m. Id of event: us6000dh3m. The temblor was picked up at 17:33:16 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.7851° East, 7.5478° North, depth 58.26 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mati, Nabunturan, Bislig (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. 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: 24 km ENE of Baculin, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7851° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.5478° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km ENE of Baculin, 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 17:33:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-17 22:11:08 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 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 1.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000dh3m Id of event.
Event Code 6000dh3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dh3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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