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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 211 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines


Earthquake location 3.562S, 125.9807WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 211 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (131 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007akw. Unique identifier: us10007akw. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sarangani in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.79 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9807 East, latitude 3.562 North, depth = 106.79 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:26 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/16 / 2016-11-19 17:36:26 / November 19, 2016 @ 5:36 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 211 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9807° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 211km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-19 17:36:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-19 17:54:34 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 1 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 400 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 3.098 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us10007akw Id of event.
Event Code 10007akw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007akw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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