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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines

Posted by admin on March 12, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 4.9041S, 126.4022WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.3 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:14:04 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4022 East, latitude 4.9041 North, depth = 62.3 km. Unique identifier: us7000dixl. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000dixl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/21 / 2021-03-12 20:14:04 / March 12, 2021 @ 8:14 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4022° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.9041° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117 km ESE 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 2021-03-12 20:14:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-12 20:31:22 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 400 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 2.301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000dixl Id of event.
Event Code 7000dixl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dixl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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