Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Namuac in Philippines

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Namuac in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.02 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000gedj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gedj. Global time and date of event 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 04:10:28 / August 21, 2018 @ 4:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:10:28 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.3447 East, latitude 19.0891 North, depth = 34.02 km.

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aparri, Ballesteros, Cabaritan East.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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: 56 km NNE of Namuac, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.3447° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.0891° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.02 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km NNE of Namuac, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-21 04:10:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-21 04:31:21	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	385	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	3.718	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us1000gedj	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gedj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000gedj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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