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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Binubusan in Philippines

Posted by admin on January 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9717S, 120.6437WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Binubusan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 120.6437° East, latitude 13.9717° North, depth = 136.164 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pl78. Event ids that are associated: us6000pl78. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 10:43:02 / January 20, 2025 @ 10:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136.164 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:43:02 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minalin, Lourdes, Balucuc (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km ENE of Binubusan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6437° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9717° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.164 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km ENE of Binubusan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-20 10:43:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-20 11:30:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.816 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 450 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 126 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.808 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 us6000pl78 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pl78 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pl78, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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