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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Puro Pinget in Philippines


Earthquake location 17.6609S, 119.6047WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Puro Pinget in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 01:09:51 / December 19, 2024 @ 1:09 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzxl. Unique identifier: us7000nzxl. The temblor was reported at 01:09:51 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 119.6047° East, latitude 17.6609° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Candon (c. 11 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candon, Cabugao, Bantay.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 80 km W of Puro Pinget, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.6047° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km W of Puro Pinget, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-19 01:09:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 01:26:35 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 400 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us7000nzxl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzxl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzxl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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