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2010 Mindanao earthquakes

Series of deep focus earthquakes affecting Mindanao, Philippines

Field	Value
name	2010 Mindanao earthquakes
map2	{{Location map many	Mindanao mainland#Philippines	relief=1
label	Moro Gulf
lat	6.497
long	123.480
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	40
position	bottom
width	260
float	none
tags	yes
timestamp	triplet
timestamp-A	2010-07-23 22:08:11
isc-event-A	15008002
anss-url-A	usp000hgmd
magnitude-A
timestamp-B	2010-07-23 22:51:12
isc-event-B	17178792
anss-url-B	usp000hgmh
magnitude-B	,
timestamp-C	2010-07-23 23:15:08
isc-event-C	15640291
anss-url-C	usp000hgmq
magnitude-C	,
isc-event-D	15009694
anss-url-D	usp000hgnj
magnitude-D
isc-event-E	600183837
anss-url-E	usp000hh3f
magnitude-E
aftershocks
D: 2010-07-24 05:35:01
depth
A: 610 km
B: 585 km
C: 634 km
D: 565 km
E: 618 km
local-date	July 24, 2010
location
affected	Moro Gulf, Philippines
damages
intensity
pga

E: 2010-07-29 07:31:56 A: 610 km B: 585 km C: 634 km D: 565 km E: 618 km | local-date = July 24, 2010

The 2010 Mindanao earthquakes occurred in the southern Philippines in the Moro Gulf. This was a complex sequence of events including three main events (a triplet earthquake) of magnitude 7.3 or greater on the 23rd of July, and two significant aftershocks of magnitude 6.6 on the 24th and 29th. All of these were deep focus earthquakes, at depths from 565 km to 634 km.

Tectonic summary

The southern part of the Philippines lies above the complex collisional zone between the Philippine Sea plate and the Sunda plate. The convergence between these two plates of between 6–11 cm per year is accommodated by a series of smaller plates. One of these, the Molucca Sea plate, is currently being subducted beneath both the Philippine Sea plate and the Sangihe microplate, causing it to have an inverted U-shape seismic zone. The earthquakes were caused by the continuing distortion of the Molucca Sea plate. These three quakes of similar magnitude occurring in such close proximity of each other location-wise and time-wise can be regarded as an example of a triplet earthquake.

Areas affected

These earthquakes occurred in Moro Gulf, off the island of Mindanao. The 7.6 earthquake were felt in Philippines, Taiwan, and Malaysia. The 7.4 earthquake were felt in Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

References

{{Cite anss. Moro Gulf. 2010a. usp000hgmd. M 7.3 – Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
{{Cite isc. EHB. 15008002
{{Cite anss. Moro Gulf. 2010b. usp000hgmh. M 7.6 – Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
{{Short-isc. EHB. 17178792
{{Cite anss. Moro Gulf. 2010c. usp000hgmq. M 7.5 – Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
{{Short-isc. EHB. 15640291
{{Cite anss. Moro Gulf. 2010d. usp000hgnj. M 6.6 – Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
{{Short-isc. EHB. 15009694
{{Cite anss. Moro Gulf. 2010e. usp000hh3f. M 6.6 – Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
{{Short-isc. EHB. 15008002
{{Short-anss. Moro Gulf. 2010e
"Annual Report 2010". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
(26 July 2010). "M7.3, 7.6, 7.4 Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines Earthquakes of 23 July 2010". United States Geological Survey.

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