Just 19 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake happened in Daet, Camarines Norte, Bicol, Philippines. After an earthquake on Wednesday afternoon, students from Manuel Araullo High School in Ermita, Manila, escaped buildings.

According to Phivolcs, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tinaga Island, Vinzons, and Camarines Norte around 1:05 PM on Wednesday. There will be aftershocks.

On Wednesday, December 7th, 2022, at 1:05 p.m., the earthquake was recorded at a fairly shallow depth of 8.4 kilometers below the surface. time zone

The first seismological agency to report the incident was the United States Geological Survey.
France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) later categorized the earthquake as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake.

The very same quake was observed at magnitude 5.3 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), magnitude 5.1 by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), magnitude 5.2 by the RaspberryShake citizen-seismograph network, and magnitude 5.2 by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

The earthquake was likely felt by a significant number of individuals in the epicenter area, according to early seismic data. It should not have caused substantial damage, other from goods tumbling off shelves and shattered windows.

Sabang Indan (population 2,800), Vinzons (population 13,600) 43 km away, Jose Panganiban (population 21,200) 47 km away, Mercedes (population 17,000) 47 km away, Daet (population 78,100) 48 km away, and Labo (population 18,100) 49 km distant should have felt minor trembling.

Weak tremor was reported at Calabanga (population 26,800), 93 kilometers distant, and Magarao (population 15,200), 98 kilometers away.