Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Mabua in Philippines

A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mabua in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mabua in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:03:45 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.4635 East, latitude 9.8986 North, depth = 27.9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ol5web, pt17041050, us20008ixa. Id of event: us20008ixa. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.9 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/02/17 / 2017-02-10 14:03:45 / February 10, 2017 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby 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 Bayugan, San Francisco, Guiuan. Event epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 131 km (82 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km NNE of Mabua, Philippines.

Bayugan Buenavista Butuan Cabadbaran Guiuan Libertad Maasin Mabua Mariano Philippines San Francisco Surigao Tandag

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.4635° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8986° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km NNE of Mabua, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-10 14:03:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-10 14:24:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	46	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.27	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	684	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	,at,pt,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	2.81262515	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	50.4	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20008ixa	Id of event.
Event Code	20008ixa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00ol5web,pt17041050,us20008ixa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

125.4635° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.8986° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

27.9 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

10km NNE of Mabua, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-02-10 14:03:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-02-10 14:24:27

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

7.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.27

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

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

684

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,pt,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

2.81262515

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.84 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

50.4

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20008ixa

Id of event.

Event Code

20008ixa

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00ol5web,pt17041050,us20008ixa,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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