A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Biri in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 09:28:52 / December 20, 2015 @ 9:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:28:52 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100048g8. Unique identifier: us100048g8. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.71 km (74 miles). Exact location, longitude 124.3626° East, latitude 12.8712° North, depth = 119.71 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Polangui, Cataingan, San Jose (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 twelve 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km N of Biri, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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