A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Calamba in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.97 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.623° East, 9.1379° North, depth 34.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 18:29:03 / October 14, 2016 @ 6:29 pm. Id of earthquake: us20007e6x. Event ids that are associated: us20007e6x. The temblor was detected at 02:29:03 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jasaan, Loreto, Balingasag. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NE of Calamba, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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