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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Poro in Philippines

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Poro in Philippines on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh2p. Id of event: us7000nh2p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 06:53:34 / September 29, 2024 @ 6:53 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 124.3913° East, 10.5372° North. The temblor was detected at 06:53:34 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palampas, Loon, Vito (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km S of Poro, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.3913° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.5372° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km S of Poro, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-29 06:53:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-29 07:13:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	402	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.64	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	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	us7000nh2p	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nh2p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nh2p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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