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Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 69 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines


Earthquake location 14.2112S, 124.8534WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Panganiban in Philippines on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhk8. Unique identifier: us7000nhk8. Exact location of earthquake, 124.8534° East, 14.2112° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:19:49 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 21:19:49 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:19 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calolbon, Calatagan, Virac. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Virac (c. 15 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Calatagan (c. 7 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pandan (c. 5 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Calolbon (c. 5 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. 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: 69 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.8534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2112° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 21:19:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 21:42:51 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 4.38 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 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 536 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us7000nhk8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhk8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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