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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.0456S, 126.6082WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 196 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a2n5. Id of event: us6000a2n5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.9 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 41.9 km, 126.6082° East, 4.0456° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 13:06:25 / May 30, 2020 @ 1:06 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:06:25 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 196 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6082° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.0456° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 196 km SE 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 2020-05-30 13:06:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-30 13:25:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.909 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 465 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 3.174 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us6000a2n5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a2n5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a2n5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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