Saturday, January 29, 1994 at 7:20 PM
1994-01-29 11:20 UTC · 34.306°, -118.579°
Magnitude
5.1 ml
Strong
Depth
1 km
Shallow
Energy
587 tons of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
34.306°, -118.579°
Felt reports
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Tsunami
No
Source
USGS
Region
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Can cause damage to buildings and infrastructure near the epicentre.
At 1 km this was a shallow earthquake. Shallow quakes concentrate shaking near the epicentre and tend to be the most damaging.
This event sits in the Strong range of the moment magnitude scale.
Nearest mapped structure: Casiguran Fault (~11479 km away). Last major event: 1968 Casiguran Earthquake (M7.3).
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
Browse all earthquakes →Data from USGS. Magnitudes and locations are preliminary and may be revised. For official information consult PHIVOLCS / USGS.