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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Itbayat in Philippines


Earthquake location 20.8037S, 121.8685WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:16:57 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004w50. Id of event: us60004w50. Exact location of event, depth 9.13 km, 121.8685° East, 20.8037° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.13 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 20:16:57 / July 26, 2019 @ 8:16 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 3 km ENE of Itbayat, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.8685° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.8037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ENE of Itbayat, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-26 20:16:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-26 20:34:22 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 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.422 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 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 2.133 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us60004w50 Id of event.
Event Code 60004w50 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004w50, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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