A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009ppq. Id of event: us20009ppq. Exact location, longitude 126.0766° East, latitude 10.3541° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:41:27 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 26/06/17 / 2017-06-26 07:41:27 / June 26, 2017 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bacuag, Claver, Placer (min 5000 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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 37 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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