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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 3.7839S, 125.7801WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 182 km S of Sarangani, Philippines (113 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sarangani in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 19:13:02 / February 27, 2020 @ 7:13 pm. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:13:02 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.7801° East, latitude 3.7839° North, depth = 120.43 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.43 km (75 miles). Unique identifier: us600085g3. Ids that are associated to the event: us600085g3.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 182 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7801° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.7839° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182km 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 2020-02-27 19:13:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-27 19:31:03 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 3.957 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 3.27 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us600085g3 Id of event.
Event Code 600085g3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600085g3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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