A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us6000phz2. Event ids that are associated: us6000phz2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:16:42 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 09:16:42 / January 5, 2025 @ 9:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.81 km (83 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.5819° East, latitude 6.481° North, depth = 133.81 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talagutong, Manay, Lupon (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 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 five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 46 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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