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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Santa Maria in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.0651S, 127.1275WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.449 km (8 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:57:17 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfu1. Id of event: us6000pfu1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.1275 East, latitude 8.0651 North, depth = 13.449 km. Global time and date of event 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 01:57:17 / December 27, 2024 @ 1:57 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinatuan, Bislig, Baganga. Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Close 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.1275° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.449 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-27 01:57:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-13 06:10:14 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 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.826 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000pfu1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfu1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfu1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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