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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 23 km SSW of Maan, Philippines

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.7311S, 124.6666WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Maan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.544 km (32 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:12:56 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 13:12:56 / May 7, 2024 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000mwy9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwy9. Exact location of event, depth 51.544 km, 124.6666° East, 5.7311° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laguilayan, Lutayan, Isulan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 23 km SSW of Maan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.6666° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7311° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.544 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW of Maan, 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 13:12:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 21:11:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 385 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.61 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us6000mwy9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwy9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwy9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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