Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near La Paz in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Paz in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b4ug. Unique identifier: us6000b4ug. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/20 / 2020-07-27 17:32:44 / July 27, 2020 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.2704 East, latitude 9.0218 North, depth = 38.97 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.97 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:32:44 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvacion, Veruela, Trento. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km N of La Paz, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.2704° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.0218° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km N of La Paz, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-27 17:32:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-27 17:52:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.248	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	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	501	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	2.056	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	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	us6000b4ug	Id of event.
Event Code	6000b4ug	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000b4ug,	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

126.2704° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.0218° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

38.97 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

4 km N of La Paz, Philippines

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

Time

2020-07-27 17:32:44

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-07-27 17:52:46

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

5.248

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

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

501

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

2.056

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

Root Mean Square

1.37 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000b4ug

Id of event.

Event Code

6000b4ug

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

Event IDS

,us6000b4ug,

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

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