What the records say
- When
- 31 Aug 2012
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 10.81° N, 126.64° E
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage musd
- 0.3
- Max water height m
- 0.15
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 18
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2012 Samar earthquake
Earthquake affecting the Philippines
An earthquake off the coast of Samar occurred on August 31, 2012, at 20:47 local time in the Philippines. The populated islands of Visayas were struck by an earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km. A tsunami warning was announced within the Pacific area and was lifted after two hours.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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