A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Caibiran in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us6000pk85. Event ids that are associated: us6000pk85. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 18:03:22 / January 15, 2025 @ 6:03 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:03:22 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.5859 East, latitude 11.6101 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bogo (c. 23 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Allen, Balangiga, Can-Avid (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km N of Caibiran, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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