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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.6441S, 125.3147WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sarangani in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.3147 East, latitude 4.6441 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70006s54. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006s54. The temblor was reported at 17:12:14 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 09:12:14 / December 29, 2019 @ 9:12 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani.

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

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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 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: 85 km S of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.3147° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.6441° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km S 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 2019-12-29 09:12:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-29 09:29:50 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 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 416 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 2.424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us70006s54 Id of event.
Event Code 70006s54 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006s54, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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