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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, Philippine Islands region

Posted by admin on November 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.184S, 126.2388WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes Philippine Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Philippine Islands region on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.2388 East, latitude 10.184 North, depth = 67.79 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:18:28 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.79 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cdq5. Unique identifier: us7000cdq5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/20 / 2020-11-12 07:18:28 / November 12, 2020 @ 7:18 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (57 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitcharao, Alegria, Mainit (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Philippine Islands region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2388° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.184° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Philippine Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-12 07:18:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-12 07:37:52 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 432 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 3.162 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000cdq5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cdq5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cdq5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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