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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 8 km E of Hernani, Philippines


Earthquake location 11.3205S, 125.6988WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hernani in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.986 km (39 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mwwl. Event ids that are associated: us6000mwwl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.6988 East, latitude 11.3205 North, depth = 61.986 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:03:03 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 08:03:03 / May 7, 2024 @ 8:03 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barugo, Catbalogan, Jaro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has struck near. Every 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 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: 8 km E of Hernani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.6988° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.3205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km E of Hernani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-07 08:03:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-07 12:00:30 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 4.3 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 401 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.225 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000mwwl Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwwl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwwl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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