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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Siocon in Philippines

Posted by admin on April 13, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.8468S, 121.9216WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Siocon in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:21:51 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005hux. Event ids that are associated: us20005hux. Exact location of earthquake, 121.9216° East, 7.8468° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/04/16 / 2016-04-13 18:21:51 / April 13, 2016 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olutanga, Talusan, Zamboanga (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 105 km (66 miles) from Zamboanga (c. 457 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Recodo (c. 42 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ipil (c. 19 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sangali (c. 14 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Labuan (c. 12 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Titay (c. 11 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Katipunan (c. 10 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vitali (c. 9 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km WNW of Siocon, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.9216° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.8468° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km WNW of Siocon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-13 18:21:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-13 18:46:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.65 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 536 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 3.708 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20005hux Id of event.
Event Code 20005hux An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005hux, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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