Major earthquake, 7 mag strikes near Barcelona in Philippines

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 52 km, 127.1° East, 8.3° North. Event id: at00shm3ih. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00shm3ih, pt24215000. A tsunami warning has been issued near Barcelona in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:23:05 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:23:05 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 127 km (79 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 131 km (82 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 132 km (82 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 136 km (84 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 128 km (80 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montevista, Loreto, Cabinuangan. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bah-Bah Barcelona Bislig Cabinuangan Compostela Loreto Manay Monkayo Montevista Philippines San Francisco Tandag Trento Veruela

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.1° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.3° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-02 22:23:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-02 22:36:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.5	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	1	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	756	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.678951	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53.99999568	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00shm3ih	Id of event.
Event Code	00shm3ih	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00shm3ih,pt24215000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

127.1° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.3° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

52 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

74 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2024-08-02 22:23:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-08-02 22:36:12

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

4.5

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

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

756

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,pt,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.678951

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.41 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

53.99999568

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

at00shm3ih

Id of event.

Event Code

00shm3ih

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00shm3ih,pt24215000,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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