A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Pintuyan in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.15 km (30 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:07 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.15 km, 125.0903° East, 9.7129° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700047eq. Id of event: us700047eq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/19 / 2019-06-29 19:00:07 / June 29, 2019 @ 7:00 pm.
Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salay, San Francisco, Carmen. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fourteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km SW of Pintuyan, Philippines.
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