A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Alabel in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 17:08:24 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006btr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006btr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.93 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 09:08:24 / August 6, 2016 @ 9:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, 125.3201° East, 6.0879° North, depth 91.93 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bialong, La Union, Laguilayan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop). Close 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km ESE of Alabel, Philippines.
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