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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Tingloy in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.6553S, 120.9548WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tingloy in Philippines on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:22:49 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 18:22:49 / May 19, 2024 @ 6:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0rq. Unique identifier: us6000n0rq. Exact location, longitude 120.9548° East, latitude 13.6553° North, depth = 133.376 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.376 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lucena (c. 228 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gloria, Sampaloc, Lubang.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km E of Tingloy, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.9548° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.376 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km E of Tingloy, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-19 18:22:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 18:11:50 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 284 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000n0rq Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0rq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0rq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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