A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Lapinigan in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006ka9. Event ids that are associated: us10006ka9. The temblor was detected at 15:54:37 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/16 / 2016-09-04 07:54:37 / September 4, 2016 @ 7:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.9674° East, 8.4607° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Malaybalay (c. 61 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magatos, Manat, Mariano. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NNW of Lapinigan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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