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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.8191S, 126.4094WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 123 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines (76 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.965 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 16:09:11 / December 3, 2024 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 126.4094° East, latitude 4.8191° North, depth = 12.965 km. The temblor was reported at 16:09:11 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvnb. Unique identifier: us7000nvnb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 123 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4094° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.8191° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.965 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-03 16:09:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 16:28:48 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 416 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 141 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us7000nvnb Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvnb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvnb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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