[1] It was felt in various provinces on the island of Luzon including as far north as Ilocos Norte and as far south as Quezon.

[5] Infrastructure in Zambales and Pangasinan, things like bridges and water pumping stations, was also damaged to a minor extent.

[5] Raymundo Punongbayan, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said that the damage to structures was minimal due to the earthquake's hypo-center being offshore and over 60 kilometers underground.

[12] The government took measures to spread awareness to its citizens and enforce individuals to relocate to safer environment as a result of destructive earthquakes that occurred in the years prior.

[11] Philippines Defense Secretary Orlando S. Mercado attributed the minimal damages and casualties to the government's disaster preparedness program.