A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ilijan in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 20:58:53 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.0227 East, latitude 13.6284 North, depth = 81.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.58 km (51 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/17 / 2017-04-04 12:58:53 / April 4, 2017 @ 12:58 pm. Unique identifier: us10008ea7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008ea7.
Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antipolo, Sampaloc, Pasig City. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 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 four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km W of Ilijan, Philippines.
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