Strong earthquake, 6.7 mag has occurred near Talisay in Philippines

A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Talisay in Philippines on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 6.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:03:49 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Talisay in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/02/17 / 2017-02-10 14:03:49 / February 10, 2017 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: at00ol5web. Event ids that are associated: pt17041050, at00ol5web. Exact location, longitude 125.6° East, latitude 9.8° North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 120 km (74 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Binuangan, Baybay, Aras-asan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. 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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 2 km SW of Talisay, Philippines.

Aras-asan Baybay Bayugan Binuangan Buenavista Butuan Cabadbaran Libertad Maasin Mariano Philippines Surigao Talisay Tandag

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.6° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km SW of Talisay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-10 14:03:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-10 14:13:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.4	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	1	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	699	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.785676	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43.199996544	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00ol5web	Id of event.
Event Code	00ol5web	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt17041050,at00ol5web,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

125.6° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.8° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

2km SW of Talisay, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-02-10 14:03:49

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-02-10 14:13:45

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

7.4

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

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

699

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,at,

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

2.785676

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.86 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

43.199996544

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

at00ol5web

Id of event.

Event Code

00ol5web

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt17041050,at00ol5web,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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