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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Taytayan in Philippines

Posted by admin on March 1, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.8935S, 126.6352WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Taytayan in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 13:59:53 / March 1, 2025 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 34.14 km, 126.6352° East, 7.8935° North. The temblor was reported at 13:59:53 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pwae. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwae. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.14 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maco, Tagum, San Francisco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km NE of Taytayan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6352° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.8935° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NE of Taytayan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-01 13:59:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-01 14:17:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 385 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000pwae Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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