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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Barcelona in Philippines

Posted by admin on March 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.3808S, 127.597WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 130 km E of Barcelona, Philippines (81 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.597 East, latitude 8.3808 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:09:44 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 15:09:44 / March 12, 2025 @ 3:09 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pybu. Id of event: us6000pybu. The epicenter was 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).

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 eighty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 130 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.597° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3808° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130 km E of Barcelona, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-12 15:09:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-12 15:25:42 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 500 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 2.387 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000pybu Id of event.
Event Code 6000pybu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pybu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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