An Earth Quake, Epicenter....Manila April 28, 2017

Lillian was in Manila on April 28, 2017 for the sealing of 4 families:

Panigan

Fosters

Briones

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A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.8 (downgraded from M7.2) hit near the coast of Mindanao, Philippines at 20:23 UTC on April 28, 2017 (04:23 local time on April 29). The agency is reporting a depth of 41.7 km (25.9 miles). PHIVOLCS is reporting M7.2 at a depth of 87 km (54 miles). (EMSC, GFZ Potsdam). Tsunami warnings have been issued.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was located 26.8 km (16.6 mi) WSW of Balangonan (population 2 329) and 36.4 km (22.6 mi) SSW of Glan (population 24 256), Philippines.

There are 1 802 246 people living within 100 km (62 miles). EMSC estimated there are 6.2 million people in the felt area.

Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters (M7.2), hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake epicenter, PTWC said at 20:29 UTC.

PTWC Tsunami Threat Message No2 issued 20:52 UTC (M6.9 / depth 43 km (27 miles)):

"Based on all available data, hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts. Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meters (1 - 3.3 feet) above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Philippines. Tsunami waves are forecast to be less than 0.3 meters above the tide level for the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau and Yap."