Wednesday, March 14, 1979 at 11:35 PM
1979-03-14 15:35 UTC · 17.680°, -101.396°
Magnitude
5.0 mb
Strong
Depth
66 km
Shallow
Energy
477 tons of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
17.680°, -101.396°
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 66 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: Philippine Trench (~13921 km away). Last major event: 2012 Samar Earthquake (M7.6).
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
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