Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Pondaguitan in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (78 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 22:42:16 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.58 km, 127.0893° East, 5.6768° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/17 / 2017-04-11 14:42:16 / April 11, 2017 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008gkz. Unique identifier: us10008gkz. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.58 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 126 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.0893° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6768° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	126km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-11 14:42:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-11 15:08:14	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	3.65	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	482	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	2.041	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us10008gkz	Id of event.
Event Code	10008gkz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008gkz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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