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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Bacnotan in Philippines

Posted by admin on September 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.8905S, 119.9897WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Bacnotan in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 19:52:10 / September 18, 2025 @ 7:52 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:52:10 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 119.9897° East, 16.8905° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qx2y. Event ids that are associated: us7000qx2y.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Mangaldan (c. 88 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Manaoag (c. 59 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Lingayen (c. 56 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Binmaley (c. 44 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mapandan, Santa Barbara, Manaoag.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 42 km WNW of Bacnotan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.9897° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km WNW of Bacnotan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-18 19:52:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-18 20:06:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 432 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.985 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qx2y Id of event.
Event Code 7000qx2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qx2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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