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Weak mag. 3.5 earthquake - Sulu Sea, 39 km northwest of Sipalay, Philippines, on Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 2:25 am (GMT +8) -

Weak magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 29 km depth

28 Nov 18:35 UTC: First to report: PHIVOLCS after 11 minutes.
29 Nov 16:20: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 20.0 to 29.0 km (from 12.4 to 18 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.1 km (4.4 mi) towards NW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 28, 2022 18:25:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 2:25 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.5
Depth	29.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	10.05°N / 122.22°E (Sulu Sea, Philippines)
Antipode	10.05°S / 57.78°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)
Nearest volcano	Canlaon (108 km / 67 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	27 km (17 mi) WNW of Linaon (pop: 3,670) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) WNW of Tuyum (Negros Occidental) (pop: 11,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) NNW of Sipalay (pop: 24,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) W of Kabankalan (pop: 136,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) SSW of Iloilo City (pop: 387,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SW of Bago City (pop: 150,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) SW of Bacolod City (pop: 454,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 524 km (326 mi) SSE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) WNW of Negros Island (pop: 4,414,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 128 km (79 mi) SSW of Panay Island (pop: 4,307,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Few Clouds 28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 6 m/s (12 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.1 x 10¹⁰ joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.5	29 km	Philippines: 039 Km N 36° W of City Of Sipalay (Negros Occidental)	PHIVOLCS
3.5	20 km	PANAY, PHILIPPINES	EMSC
3.5	20 km	Panay, Philippines	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 496 km / 308 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: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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