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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Malisbeng in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.8631S, 124.1111WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Malisbeng in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 17:37:10 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1111 East, latitude 5.8631 North, depth = 12.837 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q78s. Event ids that are associated: us6000q78s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.837 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 17:37:10 / April 19, 2025 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Tupi (c. 16 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tupi, Carpenter, Esperanza.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.1111° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.8631° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.837 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SW of Malisbeng, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-19 17:37:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-19 17:55:15 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 416 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 155 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 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 us6000q78s Id of event.
Event Code 6000q78s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q78s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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