A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Pandan in Philippines on Saturday. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:19:04 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.9312 East, latitude 14.4969 North, depth = 17.87 km. Global time and date of event 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 06:19:04 / May 5, 2018 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dym9. Unique identifier: us1000dym9. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.87 km (11 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magarao, Tiwi, Calabanga (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 114 km (71 miles) from Daet (c. 78 100 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Calabanga (c. 26 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Goa (c. 20 900 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Mercedes (c. 17 000 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Tiwi (c. 16 800 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Magarao (c. 15 200 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Virac (c. 15 100 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Vinzons (c. 13 600 pop). Close 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km NNW of Pandan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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