A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Burgos in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 09:19:47 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 01:19:47 / April 23, 2017 @ 1:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 62.82 km, 126.3019° East, 9.251° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.82 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10008jux. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008jux.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). 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 Surigao, San Luis, Talacogon.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km E of Burgos, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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