Saturday, October 5, 1991 at 3:32 PM
1991-10-05 07:32 UTC · 0.690°, 121.193°
Magnitude
5.0 mb
Strong
Depth
104 km
Intermediate
Energy
477 tons of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
0.690°, 121.193°
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 104 km this was a intermediate earthquake. Intermediate-depth quakes spread shaking over a wider area but are usually less destructive at the surface.
This event sits in the Strong range of the moment magnitude scale.
Nearest mapped structure: Cotabato Trench (~568 km away).
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
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