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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Pagudpud in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5502S, 120.8125WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pagudpud in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pge2. Id of event: us6000pge2. Exact location of event, longitude 120.8125 East, latitude 18.5502 North, depth = 50.627 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.627 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:56:18 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 02:56:18 / December 30, 2024 @ 2:56 am.

The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Magapit, Aguiguican (c. 13 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Magapit (c. 11 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piat, Magapit, Aguiguican, Magapit. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ESE of Pagudpud, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.8125° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5502° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.627 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 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 2024-12-30 02:56:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-30 03:12:39 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 4.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.465 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 483 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000pge2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pge2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pge2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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