Bogo is experiencing Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake, 5km E of Balilihan, Philippines

Location: 13 miles (21 km) NE of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines; 36 miles (58 km) S of Cebu, Cebu, Philippines; 58 miles (93 km) ENE of Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines; 394 miles (633 km) SSE of MANILA, Philippines Source: U.S. Geological Survey


An earthquake with magnitude 7.2 occurred near Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines at 00:12:37.20 UTC on Oct 15, 2013. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

The epicenter is near also in Cebu and Bogo City. 

What is a tremor? 

Tremors with size of around 2.0 or less are typically called microearthquakes; they are not regularly felt by individuals and are for the most part recorded just on neighborhood seismographs. Occasions with extents of around 4.5 or more noteworthy - there are a few thousand such stuns yearly - are sufficiently solid to be recorded by touchy seismographs everywhere throughout the world. Incredible quakes, for example, the 1964 Good Friday seismic tremor in Alaska, have extents of 8.0 or higher. On the normal, one seismic tremor of such size happens some place on the planet every year. 

Extent measures the vitality discharged at the wellspring of the quake as decided from estimations on seismographs. A seismic tremor has one greatness. The extent scale most normally being used now is known as the minute size scale. Minute is a physical amount corresponding to the slip on the shortcoming times the region of the flaw surface that slips; it is identified with the aggregate vitality discharged in the EQ. The minute size gives an assessment of seismic tremor measure that is substantial over the complete scope of extents, a trademark that was inadequate in other size scales. 

Force measures the quality of shaking delivered by the seismic tremor at a certain area. Power is resolved from impacts on individuals, human structures, and the indigenous habitat. A seismic tremor can deliver shaking of a wide range of intensities. The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale is utilized as a part of the US. 

Source U.S. Topographical Survey