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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Magdug in Philippines

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magdug in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.06 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 06:40:29 / June 25, 2016 @ 6:40 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:40:29 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200066ri. Unique identifier: us200066ri. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.0697° East, latitude 6.5709° North, depth = 52.06 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manat, Tamugan, Conel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 3 km NW of Magdug, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.0697° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.5709° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.06 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km NW of Magdug, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-25 06:40:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-25 06:57:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.6	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	418	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	0.694	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	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	us200066ri	Id of event.
Event Code	200066ri	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200066ri,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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