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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 42 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines

Posted by admin on August 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.0699S, 126.8251WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8251 East, latitude 8.0699 North, depth = 82.086 km. Event id: us6000nhsd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhsd. The temblor was picked up at 01:38:21 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.086 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 01:38:21 / August 3, 2024 @ 1:38 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Francisco, Loreto, Nabunturan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8251° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.0699° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.086 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-03 01:38:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-03 01:58:36 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.585 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000nhsd Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhsd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhsd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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