Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near San Agustin in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from San Agustin in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 01:05:09 / May 4, 2019 @ 1:05 am. Unique identifier: us70003gig. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003gig. Exact location, longitude 120.9636° East, latitude 12.4116° North, depth = 10 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:05:09 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from San Jose (c. 118 800 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Calapan (c. 66 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pinamalayan (c. 43 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sablayan (c. 38 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Mamburao (c. 23 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mansalay (c. 23 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Roxas (c. 14 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bansud (c. 13 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calapan, Odiongan, Canubing No 2.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km WSW of San Agustin, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.9636° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.4116° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km WSW of San Agustin, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-04 01:05:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-04 01:23:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	502	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	7.589	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	us70003gig	Id of event.
Event Code	70003gig	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003gig,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

120.9636° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

12.4116° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

2km WSW of San Agustin, Philippines

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

Time

2019-05-04 01:05:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-04 01:23:50

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

3.8

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

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

502

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

7.589

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

Root Mean Square

1.19 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

102

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

us70003gig

Id of event.

Event Code

70003gig

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

Event IDS

,us70003gig,

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

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