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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - Sulu Sea, 49 km west of Dipolog City, Philippines, on Monday, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:32 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 16 km depth

20 Nov 17:50 UTC: First to report: PHIVOLCS after 19 minutes.
21 Nov 12:50: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 14.0 to 16.0 km (from 8.7 to 9.9 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 8.4 km (5.2 mi) towards ENE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 20, 2022 17:32:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:32 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	16.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	8.47°N / 122.9°E (Sulu Sea, Philippines)
Antipode	8.47°S / 57.1°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)
Nearest volcano	Malindang (85 km / 53 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	14 km (8 mi) W of Jose Dalman (Zamboanga del Norte) (pop: 6,620) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Siari (pop: 3,530) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) WSW of Manukan (Zamboanga del Norte) (pop: 11,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) WSW of Dipolog City (pop: 93,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) WSW of Dapitan (pop: 50,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) NW of Pagadian City (pop: 186,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (59 mi) NW of Muricay (pop: 132,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 714 km (443 mi) SSE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 151 km (94 mi) S of Negros Island (pop: 4,414,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 206 km (128 mi) SW of Bohol Island (pop: 1,211,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 27°C (81 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	16 km	Philippines: 015 Km N 76° W of Jose Dalman (Zamboanga Del Norte)	PHIVOLCS
4.2	14 km	MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES	EMSC
4.2	14 km	Mindanao, Philippines	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 334 km / 207 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Davao, Philippines: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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