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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Balangiga in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.8642S, 125.2955WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Balangiga in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 10:16:23 / May 3, 2024 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.896 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:16:23 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.2955 East, latitude 10.8642 North, depth = 7.896 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mvya. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvya.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tabango, Catbalogan, Caibiran. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 28 km SSW of Balangiga, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.2955° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.8642° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.896 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SSW of Balangiga, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-03 10:16:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 06:19:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.953 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 508 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 150 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.781 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us6000mvya Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvya An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvya, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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