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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Tingloy in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.639S, 120.7423WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tingloy in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.7423° East, latitude 13.639° North, depth = 136.93 km. Unique identifier: us6000c5i4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c5i4. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:16:55 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/20 / 2020-10-04 18:16:55 / October 4, 2020 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 136.93 km (85 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paete, Baras, Sampaloc. Event epicenter was 110 km (69 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Mandaluyong City (c. 305 600 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km W of Tingloy, 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 120.7423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.639° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km W of Tingloy, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-04 18:16:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-04 18:35:16 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 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 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 3.9 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 34 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 us6000c5i4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c5i4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c5i4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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