Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Talisay in Philippines

A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Talisay in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 23:43:00 / December 24, 2020 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Talisay in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: pt20359004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20359004. Exact location, longitude 120.52° East, latitude 13.92° North, depth = 90 km. The temblor was detected at 23:43:00 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manibaug Pasig, San Narciso, Bulaon. Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from San Jose del Monte (c. 357 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km W of Talisay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Antipolo Bacoor Bulaon Dasmariñas Makati City Manibaug Pasig Manila Pasig City Philippines Quezon City San Jose del Monte San Narciso Taguig Talisay

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.52° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.92° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	90 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km W of Talisay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-24 23:43:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-24 23:56:30	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		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	650	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115.199990784	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt20359004	Id of event.
Event Code	20359004	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20359004,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

120.52° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.92° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

90 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

11 km W of Talisay, Philippines

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

Time

2020-12-24 23:43:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-12-24 23:56:30

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

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

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

650

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

,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

115.199990784

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt20359004

Id of event.

Event Code

20359004

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

Event IDS

,pt20359004,

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

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