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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Cartagena in Philippines

Posted by admin on May 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8417S, 122.2132WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Cartagena in Philippines on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 00:32:58 / May 17, 2025 @ 12:32 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:32:58 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzrk. Unique identifier: us7000pzrk. Exact location of event, longitude 122.2132 East, latitude 9.8417 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Iloilo (c. 387 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Bago City (c. 150 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Bais (c. 65 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from La Carlota (c. 41 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hinigaran (c. 39 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Binalbagan (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leon, La Granja, Napoles. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km W of Cartagena, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.2132° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km W of Cartagena, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-17 00:32:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-17 00:52:05 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 400 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000pzrk Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzrk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzrk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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