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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 16 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.2875S, 125.3693WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 125.3693° East, latitude 5.2875° North, depth = 185.08 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 185.08 km (115 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 09:06:26 / February 28, 2016 @ 9:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:06:26 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004taw. Unique identifier: us10004taw.

Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maluñgun, Polomolok, Conel (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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 16 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.3693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.2875° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 185.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SW of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-28 09:06:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-28 09:25:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 449 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us10004taw Id of event.
Event Code 10004taw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004taw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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