Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.0 reported 58 km northeast of Surigao City, Philippines

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred in the afternoon on Monday, October 3rd, 2022, at 4:07 pm local time near Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Philippines, as reported by the United States Geological Survey.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a moderately shallow depth of 69.4 km. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) at magnitude 4.8, France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.2, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.0.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 Libas (pop. 3,400) located 4 km from the epicenter, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte (pop. 4,300) 6 km away, San Benito (pop. 2,300) 6 km away, Pilar (pop. 2,400) 11 km away, Dapa (pop. 8,800) 16 km away, Socorro (pop. 9,700) 31 km away, Surigao City (pop. 87,800) 58 km away, and Tandag (pop. 29,000) 94 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Butuan (pop. 309,700) located 118 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Oct 3, 2022 4:07 pm (GMT +8) local time (3 Oct 2022 08:07 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 69.4 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 9.9°N / 126.01°E (Province of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Philippines)
Primary data source: USGS
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