Saturday, May 2, 1970 at 10:07 AM
1970-05-02 02:07 UTC · 14.708°, -93.648°
Magnitude
5.8 mw
Strong
Depth
54 km
Shallow
Energy
7.6 kilotons of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
14.708°, -93.648°
Felt reports
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Tsunami
No
Source
USGS
Region
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Can cause damage to buildings and infrastructure near the epicentre.
At 54 km this was a shallow earthquake. Shallow quakes concentrate shaking near the epicentre and tend to be the most damaging.
This event sits in the Strong range of the moment magnitude scale.
Nearest mapped structure: Casiguran Fault (~14785 km away). Last major event: 1968 Casiguran Earthquake (M7.3).
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
2 recorded M4.0+ events within 282 km in the 90 days after this earthquake.
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
Browse all earthquakes →Data from USGS. Magnitudes and locations are preliminary and may be revised. For official information consult PHIVOLCS / USGS.