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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Lapinigan in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.4471S, 126.0195WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lapinigan in Philippines on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfph. Unique identifier: us6000pfph. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:26:23 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0195° East, 8.4471° North, depth 58.61 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 10:26:23 / December 26, 2024 @ 10:26 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.61 km (36 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aglayan, San Mariano, Cambanugoy (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NE of Lapinigan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0195° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.4471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NE of Lapinigan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-26 10:26:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 10:47:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 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 418 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.436 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000pfph Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfph An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfph, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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