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Moderate mag. 5.7 earthquake - Bohol Sea, 29 km south of Loboc, Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines, on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 01:06 GMT
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Moderate magnitude 5.7 earthquake at 536 km depth
20 May 01:11 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
May 20 01:13: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 5.7.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 530.0 to 536.0 km.
May 20 01:13: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 5.7.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 530.0 to 536.0 km.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 20, 2017 01:06:14 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5.7 |
| Depth | 536.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 9.38°N / 124.01°E  (Bohol Sea, Philippines) |
| Antipode | 9.38°S / 55.99°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) |
| Nearest volcano | Hibok-Hibok (80 km / 50 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 29 km (18 mi) S of Loboc (Bohol) (pop: 16,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) SE of Danao (Bohol) (pop: 17,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) SSE of Tagbilaran (pop: 86,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) SW of Jagna (Bohol) (pop: 32,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (49 mi) E of Dumaguete City (pop: 113,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) SSE of Carcar (pop: 40,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) S of Talisay (pop: 133,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (62 mi) SSE of Minglanilla (pop: 62,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) S of Cebu City (pop: 798,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 668 km (415 mi) SSE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) SSW of Bohol Island (pop: 1,211,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 188 km (117 mi) NW of Mindanao Island (pop: 25,537,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.2 x 1013 joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.7 | 536 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GFZ |
| 5.9 | 533 km | BOHOL, PHILIPPINES | EMSC |
| 5.6 | 565 km | 023 km S 22? E of Lila (Bohol) | PHILVOLCS |
| 5.9 | 521 km | - 23km S of Loay, Philippines | USGS |
| 5.8 | 599 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GeoAu |
| 6.0 | 540 km | 菲律宾 | CEIC |
(shakemap: USGS)
User reports for this quake (1)
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