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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Pagudpud in Philippines


Earthquake location 18.5018S, 120.8973WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pagudpud in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us7000nvpy. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvpy. Exact location of event, depth 69.997 km, 120.8973° East, 18.5018° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:54:45 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.997 km (43 miles). Global time and date of event 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 18:54:45 / December 3, 2024 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Magapit, Aguiguican (c. 13 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Magapit (c. 11 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bantay, Piat, Magapit, Aguiguican (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 13 km ESE of Pagudpud, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.8973° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.997 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ESE of Pagudpud, 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 18:54:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 19:15:23 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 4.441 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 500 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 152 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.297 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 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 us7000nvpy Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvpy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvpy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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