A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.99 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 64.99 km, 126.1558° East, 9.9801° North. The temblor was detected at 05:45:07 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 21:45:07 / October 17, 2016 @ 9:45 pm. Id of earthquake: us20007ey2. Event ids that are associated: us20007ey2.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tandag, Kitcharao, Alegria. Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km ENE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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