Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Bacolod in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Bacolod in Philippines. Global time and date of event 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 22:10:46 / September 30, 2020 @ 10:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:10:46 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c3ec. Id of event: us6000c3ec. Exact location of earthquake, 126.897° East, 9.2518° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dapa, Cantilan, Tandag.

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 three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 75 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.897° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.2518° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	75 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-30 22:10:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-30 22:28:16	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	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	432	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	2.53	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us6000c3ec	Id of event.
Event Code	6000c3ec	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000c3ec,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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