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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Pondaguitan in Philippines

Posted by admin on April 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 4.7056S, 127.5879WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 240 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (149 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Pondaguitan in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.09 km (78 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.5879 East, latitude 4.7056 North, depth = 126.09 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:26 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 02:29:26 / April 22, 2018 @ 2:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000dq5j. Event ids that are associated: us1000dq5j.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 240 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.5879° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7056° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 240km 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 2018-04-22 02:29:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-22 02:42:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 3.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us1000dq5j Id of event.
Event Code 1000dq5j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dq5j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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