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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Gigmoto in Philippines


Earthquake location 13.9598S, 124.9873WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Gigmoto in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mtvu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtvu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 124.9873° East, 13.9598° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:41:54 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 00:41:54 / June 22, 2024 @ 12:41 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Virac (c. 15 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Calatagan (c. 7 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pandan (c. 5 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Calolbon (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calolbon, Calatagan, Virac. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km ENE of Gigmoto, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.9873° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km ENE of Gigmoto, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 00:41:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-22 01:01:40 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 3.1 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 400 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 10.389 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000mtvu Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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