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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 30 km S of Sarangani, Philippines

Posted by admin on January 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.1324S, 125.4437WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.4437 East, latitude 5.1324 North, depth = 55.87 km. The temblor was reported at 15:25:37 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 07:25:37 / January 6, 2020 @ 7:25 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.87 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006v6h. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006v6h.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suyan, Lun Pequeño, Malapatan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop).

Every 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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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 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: 30 km S of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.4437° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km S 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 2020-01-06 07:25:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-06 07:45:28 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 1.929 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us70006v6h Id of event.
Event Code 70006v6h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006v6h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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