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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 13, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.4127S, 125.4624WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 178.99 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:33:32 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.4624° East, latitude 5.4127° North, depth = 178.99 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 15:33:32 / May 13, 2018 @ 3:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e453. Id of event: us1000e453.

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sulit, Malandag, Polomolok.

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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km N of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.4624° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 178.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km N 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 2018-05-13 15:33:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-13 15:52:32 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 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 416 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 1.65 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 43 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 us1000e453 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e453 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e453, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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