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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.3844S, 126.4897WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (99 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 126.4897° East, latitude 4.3844° North, depth = 33.626 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrz8. Unique identifier: us7000mrz8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.626 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 17:01:20 / June 12, 2024 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:01:20 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten 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: 160 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4897° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.3844° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.626 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 160 km SE 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 2024-06-12 17:01:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-12 17:23:10 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 4.798 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 518 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 146 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.817 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us7000mrz8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrz8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrz8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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