Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 29 km depth
29 Aug 13:20 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 4 minutes.
29 Aug 13:35: Now using data updates from PHIVOLCS
29 Aug 14:35: Magnitude recalculated from 4.5 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 36.0 to 44.0 km (from 22 to 27 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9 km (5.6 mi) towards WNW.
30 Aug 05:55: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 44.0 to 29.0 km (from 27 to 18 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.6 km (1 mi) towards SE.
Update Tue, 29 Aug 2023, 13:39
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.5 just reported 95 km southwest of Iloilo City, Philippines
4.5 quake 29 Aug 9:17 pm (GMT +8)
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred only 22 minutes ago 95 km southwest of Iloilo City, Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 36 km beneath the epicenter near Iloilo City, Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines, in the evening on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, at 9:17 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.
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 Magdalena (pop. 2,400) located 24 km from the epicenter, Tobias Fornier (pop. 2,900) 30 km away, San Joaquin (pop. 4,900) 50 km away, and Antique (pop. 4,800) 50 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Sibalom (pop. 7,300) located 60 km from the epicenter, Miagao (pop. 8,900) 62 km away, Sipalay (pop. 24,000) 89 km away, and Iloilo City (pop. 387,700) 95 km away.
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