Magnitude 7.5 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
2002 March 05 21:16:09 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 7.5 | |
Date-Time | 2002 03 05 21:16:09 UTC | ||
Location | 6.03N 124.24E | ||
Depth | 31.0 kilometers | ||
Region | MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES | ||
Reference |
105 km (65 miles) W of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines 135 km (85 miles) S of Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines 195 km (120 miles) SW of Davao, Mindanao, Philippines 1020 km (630 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines |
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Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
Location Quality Parameters |
Not available | ||
Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
Remarks | At least 15 people killed, 100 injured and 800 buildings damaged or destroyed in southern and central Mindanao. In South Cotabato Province landslides breached the crater wall of Parker Volcano and fell into Maughan Lake, creating a flood which washed away houses and flooded 9 sub-districts. Local tsunamis with heights estimated at 3 meters caused damage at Kiamba, Maitum and Palimbang. Felt (IX PIVS) at Palimbang; (VIII PIVS) at Kiamba and Maitum; (VII PIVS) at Alabel, General Santos and Sebu; (VI PIVS) at Koronadal; (V PIVS) at Cotabato; (IV PIVS) at Davao City, Kidapawan and Zamboanga; (III PIVS) at Bislig, Malaybalay, Mati and Pagadian; (II PIVS) at Butuan; (I PIVS) at Hibok-Hibok. |
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NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->