Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Talaga in Philippines

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Talaga in Philippines on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 15:09:27 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.68 km, 120.9291° East, 13.7247° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.68 km (27 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/04/17 / 2017-04-08 07:09:27 / April 8, 2017 @ 7:09 am. Event id: us10008fsd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008fsd.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abucay, Bocaue, Sulucan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 1 km SSW of Talaga, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.9291° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.7247° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km SSW of Talaga, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-08 07:09:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-08 07:35:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	121	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.39	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	598	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	8.039	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	50	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008fsd	Id of event.
Event Code	10008fsd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008fsd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

120.9291° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.7247° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.68 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1km SSW of Talaga, Philippines

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

Time

2017-04-08 07:09:27

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-08 07:35:16

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

121

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.2

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.39

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

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

598

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

,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

8.039

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

Root Mean Square

1.11 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

Magnitude Type

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008fsd

Id of event.

Event Code

10008fsd

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

Event IDS

,us10008fsd,

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

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