What the records say
- When
- 5 Mar 2002
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 6.03° N, 124.25° E
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 100
- Damage musd
- 1.714
- Depth km
- 31
2002 Mindanao earthquake
Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in the southern Philippines
The 2002 Mindanao earthquake struck the Philippines at 05:16:09 Philippine Standard Time on March 6. The world's sixth most powerful earthquake of the year, it registered a magnitude of 7.5 and was a megathrust earthquake.
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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 “An earthquake strikes Mindanao, killing at least 12 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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