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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Llorente in Philippines

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Llorente in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:18:48 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 125.7848° East, 11.5623° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 01:18:48 / February 15, 2025 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pdvr. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdvr.

The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Dulag (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dulag, Gamay, Babatngon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 30 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.7848° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5623° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km ENE 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	2025-02-15 01:18:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-15 01:41:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3	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	115	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.469	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	us7000pdvr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pdvr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pdvr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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