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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Talaga in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 12, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6901S, 120.9559WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Talaga in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 181.97 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:37:45 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 120.9559° East, latitude 13.6901° North, depth = 181.97 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000isp2. Id of event: us2000isp2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 03:37:45 / December 12, 2018 @ 3:37 am.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Mandaluyong City (c. 305 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandaluyong City, Boac, Port Area (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSE of Talaga, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.9559° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6901° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 181.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SSE of Talaga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-12 03:37:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-12 03:49:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 340 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 8.798 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us2000isp2 Id of event.
Event Code 2000isp2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000isp2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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