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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 64 km N of Namuac, Philippines


Earthquake location 19.1906S, 121.1152WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Namuac in Philippines on Sunday. 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 34.781 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pvfd. Unique identifier: us7000pvfd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.1152 East, latitude 19.1906 North, depth = 34.781 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:18:29 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 17:18:29 / April 27, 2025 @ 5:18 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pasuquin, Aparri, Ballesteros (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 108 km (67 miles) from Aparri (c. 33 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Pasuquin (c. 5 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km N of Namuac, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.1152° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1906° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.781 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 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 17:18:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-27 17:35:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 501 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 121 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.609 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us7000pvfd Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvfd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pvfd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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