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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Balangonan in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.446S, 125.1913WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Balangonan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 125.1913° East, latitude 5.446° North, depth = 20.152 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 11:41:08 / January 13, 2025 @ 11:41 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:41:08 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.152 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000pjnv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjnv.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tupi, Sebu, Maitum. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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.

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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: 22 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1913° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.446° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.152 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-13 11:41:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-13 12:00:34 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 385 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.658 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pjnv Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjnv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjnv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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