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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Llorente in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.6079S, 125.829WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Llorente in Philippines on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 12:50:04 / February 14, 2025 @ 12:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdlg. Unique identifier: us7000pdlg. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.829° East, 11.6079° North. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:50:04 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Babatngon, Tanauan, Catbalogan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 37 km NE of Llorente, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.829° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.6079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NE of Llorente, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-14 12:50:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-14 13:10:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 433 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000pdlg Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdlg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdlg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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