Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Kapatan in Philippines

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Kapatan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2312 East, latitude 5.884 North, depth = 99.55 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99.55 km (62 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:59:54 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000fvnq. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fvnq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 09:59:54 / July 3, 2018 @ 9:59 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bagontapay, Coronon, Tulunan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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 earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.2312° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.884° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	99.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km SSW of Kapatan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-03 09:59:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-03 10:25:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.95	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	487	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	1.227	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us2000fvnq	Id of event.
Event Code	2000fvnq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000fvnq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

125.2312° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

5.884° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

99.55 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1km SSW of Kapatan, Philippines

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

Time

2018-07-03 09:59:54

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-03 10:25:34

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

4.6

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.95

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

487

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

1.227

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

Root Mean Square

1.22 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000fvnq

Id of event.

Event Code

2000fvnq

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

Event IDS

,us2000fvnq,

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

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