A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Kadingilan in Philippines on Sunday. Event id: us2000atpb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000atpb. Exact location, longitude 124.8736° East, latitude 7.6285° North, depth = 31.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 20:47:08 / September 23, 2017 @ 8:47 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.39 km (20 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:47:08 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Initao, Laguilayan, Isulan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Cagayan de Oro (c. 445 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop).
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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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