What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 2020
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 12.03° N, 124.13° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 50
- Damage musd
- 0.57
- Houses destroyed
- 138
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 10
2020 Masbate earthquake
2020 earthquake in the Philippines
On August 18, 2020, at 8:03 PST, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the island province of Masbate in the Philippines, leaving at least 2 dead and 170 injured.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 6.6–magnitude earthquake hit the island of Masbate, leaving one person killed and injured 43 others”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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