Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Surigao in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Surigao in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 125.548 East, latitude 9.8207 North, depth = 19.59 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.59 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000870s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000870s. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/03/17 / 2017-03-05 00:08:20 / March 5, 2017 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:08:20 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mabini, Mambajao, Tandag. Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.548° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8207° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km ENE of Surigao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-05 00:08:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-05 00:28:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.74	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	501	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	2.733	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us1000870s	Id of event.
Event Code	1000870s	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000870s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

125.548° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.8207° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

19.59 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

7km ENE of Surigao, Philippines

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

Time

2017-03-05 00:08:20

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-05 00:28:26

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

2.7

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

5.74

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

501

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

,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

2.733

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

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us1000870s

Id of event.

Event Code

1000870s

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

Event IDS

,us1000870s,

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

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