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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.9719S, 126.906WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Friday. The temblor was reported at 22:36:20 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:36:20 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000n8lz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8lz. Exact location of earthquake, 126.906° East, 7.9719° North, depth 45.789 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.789 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Cabinuangan (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bunawan, Cabinuangan, Libertad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.906° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.9719° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.789 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km NE of Kinablangan, 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 22:36:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 04:21:48 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 385 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.592 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us7000n8lz Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8lz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8lz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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