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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 34 km SE of Union, Philippines

Posted by admin on December 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.5628S, 126.3603WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Union in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.092 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 126.3603° East, latitude 9.5628° North, depth = 56.092 km. Global time and date of event 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 18:42:58 / December 27, 2024 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pfz1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfz1. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:42:58 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayugan, Magallanes, Lianga (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 34 km SE of Union, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3603° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5628° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.092 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SE of Union, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-27 18:42:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 19:07:46 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 4.602 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 467 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 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us6000pfz1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfz1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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