Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Sulu Sea on Monday, 14 November 2016

Updated: Sep 29, 2021 08:02 GMT

Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Sulu Sea, 219 km northwest of Jolo, Philippines, on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 00:42 (GMT)

Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Sulu Sea, 219 km northwest of Jolo, Philippines, on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 00:42 (GMT)

Very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 5 km depth

14 Nov 00:57 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 16 minutes.
Date & time: Nov 14, 2016 00:42:03 UTC
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.26°N / 119.44°E↗ (Sulu Sea, Philippines)
Antipode: 7.26°S / 60.56°W↗
Nearest volcano: Jolo (226 km / 140 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
107 km (66 mi) ENE of Cagayan (pop: 3,850) --> See nearby quakes!
219 km (136 mi) NW of Jolo (pop: 101,000) --> See nearby quakes!
251 km (156 mi) SSE of Narra (Palawan) (pop: 28,300) --> See nearby quakes!
251 km (156 mi) N of Bongao (Tawi-Tawi) (pop: 26,500) --> See nearby quakes!
280 km (174 mi) WNW of Maluso (Basilan) (pop: 31,400) --> See nearby quakes!
281 km (174 mi) W of Recodo (pop: 42,800) --> See nearby quakes!
286 km (178 mi) WNW of Isabela (pop: 67,300) --> See nearby quakes!
286 km (178 mi) SSE of Puerto Princesa City (pop: 222,700) --> See nearby quakes!
293 km (182 mi) W of Zamboanga City (pop: 457,600) --> See nearby quakes!
834 km (518 mi) S of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) --> See nearby quakes!
230 km (143 mi) NW of Jolo Island (pop: 530,000) --> See nearby quakes!
476 km (296 mi) SW of of Negros Island (pop: 4,414,100) --> See nearby quakes!
270 km (168 mi) SSE of Palawan Island (pop: 886,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) More info
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.15 kmSulu SeaGFZ

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