A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:31:44 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/11/19 / 2019-11-08 05:31:44 / November 8, 2019 @ 5:31 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.25 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.6991 East, latitude 10.7841 North, depth = 54.25 km. Unique identifier: us6000690v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000690v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alangalang, Baybay, Borongan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SW of Sulangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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