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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Bacolod in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.1146S, 126.6251WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Bacolod in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 08:59:10 / November 27, 2024 @ 8:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.188 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:59:10 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nug7. Id of event: us7000nug7. Exact location, longitude 126.6251° East, latitude 9.1146° North, depth = 59.188 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayugan, San Francisco, Patin-ay (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. 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 Bacolod, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6251° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.1146° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.188 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-27 08:59:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-27 09:19:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us7000nug7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nug7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nug7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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