Moderate earthquake at intermediate depth below San Juan, Luzon, Philippines

Last update: June 14, 2013 at 5:43 pm by By Ashish Khanal

Update 17:36 UTC : PHIVOLCS report a somewhat different picture mentioning a Magnitude of M4.9 at a depth of 26 km. A little more dangerous, especially for landslides.
Phivolcs does not expect damage and/or aftershocks. They are reporting an Intensity II at – Laoag City; Sarat, Ilocos Norte; Santa, Ilocos Sur and Baguio City.
Earthquake-report.com is a little more sceptical about this earthquake. Based on the Phivolcs data (preliminary of course) we would not be surprised that minor damage has occurred.
Phivolcs puts the epicenter right on the coastline vs more inland by USGS. It will take a little more time before seismologists have manually recalculated the data.

Image courtesy Phivolcs, Philippines

Update 17:35 UTC : The earthquake occurred at 1 AM when most people went to bed. Many of them will not have felt the shaking.

USGS reports a depth of 56 km (preliminary data) which makes this earthquake to be felt in a rather wide area (hundreds of km) but we are convinced that due to the depth this earthquake will not generate any damage.

0km (0mi) S of San Juan, Philippines
14km (9mi) NE of Bangued, Philippines
37km (23mi) ENE of Bantay, Philippines
38km (24mi) ENE of Vigan, Philippines
340km (211mi) N of Manila, Philippines

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 4.9

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-06-15 01:00:24

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-14 17:00:24

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 60 km

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/14/moderate-earthquake-luzon-philippines-on-june-14-2013/