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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Bacuyangan in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.6254S, 122.555WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Bacuyangan in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 07:37:42 / December 17, 2024 @ 7:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.555 East, latitude 9.6254 North, depth = 70.989 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:37:42 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzhl. Id of event: us7000nzhl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.989 km (44 miles).

Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dumaguete (c. 113 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bais (c. 65 600 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from La Carlota (c. 41 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hinigaran (c. 39 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tanjay (c. 39 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Binalbagan (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pulupandan, Mantalongon, Cabacungan. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km E of Bacuyangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.555° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.6254° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.989 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km E of Bacuyangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-17 07:37:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 07:57:04 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 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.924 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us7000nzhl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzhl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzhl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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