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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Barcelona in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.1105S, 126.7251WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:31:14 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.7251° East, latitude 8.1105° North, depth = 81.641 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhqj. Id of event: us6000nhqj. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.641 km (51 miles). Global time and date of event 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:31:14 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Mariano, Bah-Bah, Manay (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km E of Barcelona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7251° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1105° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.641 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km E 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 22:31:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-02 23:08:52 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 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 432 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000nhqj Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhqj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhqj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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