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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Basco in Philippines


Earthquake location 20.1111S, 121.3498WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.555 km (12 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.3498° East, latitude 20.1111° North, depth = 19.555 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 12:55:11 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:55:11 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt6s. Unique identifier: us6000mt6s.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 74 km WSW of Basco, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.3498° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.1111° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.555 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km WSW of Basco, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-23 12:55:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-23 13:53:28 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000mt6s Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt6s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt6s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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