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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Claveria in Philippines


Earthquake location 19.1258S, 121.0557WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Claveria in Philippines on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ac49. Id of event: us7000ac49. Global time and date of event 26/06/20 / 2020-06-26 11:54:57 / June 26, 2020 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.0557° East, 19.1258° North, depth 30.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.59 km (19 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:54:57 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vintar, Bacarra, Aparri. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Pasuquin (c. 5 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Vintar (c. 5 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km N of Claveria, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.0557° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1258° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km N of Claveria, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-26 11:54:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-26 12:13:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 3.673 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ac49 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ac49 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ac49, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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