Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Namuac in Philippines

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Namuac in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:54:24 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.1873° East, 19.1387° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pvfb. Unique identifier: us7000pvfb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 16:54:24 / April 27, 2025 @ 4:54 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Pasuquin (c. 5 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pasuquin, Aparri, Ballesteros (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 58 km N of Namuac, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.1873° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1387° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km N of Namuac, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-27 16:54:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-27 17:12:29	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	465	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.662	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 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	us7000pvfb	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pvfb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pvfb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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