Quake Info: Moderate Mag. 4.8 Earthquake - 36 km Southeast of Abuyog, Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, on Thursday, May 4, 2023 06:06 pm (Manila Time)

Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 36 km southeast of Abuyog, Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines, on Thursday, May 4, 2023 06:06 pm (Manila time)

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

4 May 10:24 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 18 minutes.
4 May 10:40: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Thu, 4 May 2023, 10:27

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines

4.4 quake 4 May 6:06 pm (GMT +8)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 20 minutes ago 39 km northeast of Kidapawan, Philippines, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 27 km beneath the epicenter near Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, early evening on Thursday, May 4th, 2023, at 6:06 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Simod (pop. 5,100) located 21 km from the epicenter, Kidapawan (pop. 79,700) 39 km away, Quezon (pop. 27,200) 45 km away, and Kabacan (pop. 31,800) 49 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Panabo (pop. 84,700) located 52 km from the epicenter, Central (pop. 1,212,500) 53 km away, Magugpo Poblacion (pop. 233,300) 67 km away, Digos (pop. 116,100) 68 km away, and Koronadal (pop. 125,500) 101 km away.
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Earthquake details

Date & time	May 4, 2023 10:06:01 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, May 4, 2023 06:06 pm (Asia/Manila GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.8
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	10.4471°N / 125.1412°E Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Antipode	10.4471°S / 54.859°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	10 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Cabalian (20 km / 12 mi)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 24.6°C (76 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
16 km (10 mi) SE of epicenter	Hinundayan (pop: 2,690)	IV Light	Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
36 km (23 mi) NNW of epicenter	Abuyog (pop: 15,600)	IV Light	Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
45 km (28 mi) NW of epicenter	Baybay (pop: 17,700)	IV Light	Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
48 km (30 mi) SW of epicenter	Maasin (pop: 18,300)	IV Light	Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
85 km (53 mi) NW of epicenter	Ormoc (pop: 191,200)	III Weak	Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
90 km (56 mi) N of epicenter	Tacloban City (pop: 242,100)	III Weak	Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
91 km (56 mi) N of epicenter	Panalanoy (pop: 189,100)	III Weak	Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas	Philippines
646 km (402 mi) NW of epicenter	Manila (pop: 1,600,000)	I Not felt	Capital District, National Capital Region	Philippines

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Data for the same earthquake as reported by different agencies

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
4.8	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2023-05-4 10:06:01	9 Km SSW of Silago, Philippines	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
4.8	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2023-05-4 10:06:02	LEYTE, PHILIPPINES 5.3 km (3.3 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
4.4	27 km (17 mi)	2023-05-4 10:06:48	Mindanao, Philippines 346 km (215 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
4.2	1 km (0.6 mi)	2023-05-4 10:06:00	Philippines: 012 Km N 51° E of Sogod (Southern Leyte) 7.8 km (4.9 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)
4.8	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2023-05-4 10:06:01	Leyte, Philippines 0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
4.6	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2023-05-4 10:06:03	Leyte, Philippines 2.6 km (1.6 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
4.8	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2023-05-4 10:06:01	Leyte, Philippines 0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGS	IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology)

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 379 km / 235 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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Danao Macrohon Southern Leyte (43 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / 2-5 s : Intensity 2 | 2 users found this interesting.

Southern leyte philippines (11.5 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 2-5 s : A little bit stronger

Sogod, Southern Leyte (18.2 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s : Shock. (reported through our app)

Guinsaugon Saint Bernard Southern Leyte (19.8 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Its kind of shaking like it is swaying it lasted for about a minute

Sogod, Southern Leyte / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 30-60 s : Initial quake was vertical and strong. Lasted for about a minute.0

Sogod Southern Leyte / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Baybay City, Leyte / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / very short

Rizal Sogod Southern Leyte / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / 20-30 s

San Isidro abuyog leyte / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Divisoria, Bontoc, Southern Leyte / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating

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