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Strong earthquake: M6.8 quake has struck near Barcelona in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 2, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.1856S, 126.6124WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. A tsunami warning has been issued near Barcelona in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt24215000, at00shm3ih, us6000nhqc. Unique identifier: us6000nhqc. The temblor was reported at 22:23:00 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.19 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6124 East, latitude 8.1856 North, depth = 17.19 km. Global time and date of event 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:23:00 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magnaga, Alejal, Carmen. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop).

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 19 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6124° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1856° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 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 22:23:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-02 22:44:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.264 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 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 725 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 110 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.509 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 32 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 us6000nhqc Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhqc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24215000,at00shm3ih,us6000nhqc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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