A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Bobon in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.62 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008tq9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008tq9. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:30 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 20/05/17 / 2017-05-20 05:17:30 / May 20, 2017 @ 5:17 am. Exact location, longitude 126.9669° East, latitude 6.4431° North, depth = 101.62 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigaboy, La Union, Mati (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from La Union (c. 5 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km SE of Bobon, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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