A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.3027 East, latitude 20.0764 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 05:22:36 / June 18, 2018 @ 5:22 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:22:36 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eu6n. Unique identifier: us1000eu6n.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco.
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 sixteen 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 66 km WSW of Sabtang, Philippines.
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