A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kabayan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:52:09 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063mg. Id of event: us200063mg. Exact location of earthquake, 120.959° East, 16.5748° North, depth 51.82 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 18:52:09 / June 10, 2016 @ 6:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.82 km (32 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tamayo, Naguilian, Magtaking (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Urdaneta (c. 101 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mangaldan (c. 88 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Manaoag (c. 59 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Lingayen (c. 56 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 13 km ESE of Kabayan, Philippines.
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