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Major earthquake, 7 mag has occurred near Pondaguitan in Philippines

Posted by admin on January 21, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 4.8S, 127.4WA major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) strikes 219 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (136 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Pondaguitan in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:23:08 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139 km (86 miles). Global time and date of event 21/01/21 / 2021-01-21 12:23:08 / January 21, 2021 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qnaaek, pt21021050. Id of event: at00qnaaek. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.4 East, latitude 4.8 North, depth = 139 km.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 219 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.4° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.8° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 219 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-21 12:23:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-21 12:37:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 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 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 754 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.862032 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32.399997408 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00qnaaek Id of event.
Event Code 00qnaaek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qnaaek,pt21021050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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