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Cantilan / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 23 km southeast of Socorro, Philippines, on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 04:52 GMT
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Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
11 Aug 05:04 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.5°N / 126.14°E
(Philippine Sea, Philippines)Antipode: 9.5°S / 53.86°W
Nearest volcano: Paco (69 km / 43 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
23 km (14 mi) SE of Socorro (pop: 9,740) --> See nearby quakes!
26 km (16 mi) NE of Cantilan (Surigao del Sur) (pop: 9,410) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) N of Tandag (pop: 29,000) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (48 mi) ESE of Surigao City (pop: 87,800) --> See nearby quakes!
79 km (49 mi) ENE of Cabadbaran (pop: 31,100) --> See nearby quakes!
90 km (56 mi) NE of Butuan (pop: 309,700) --> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) NNE of Bayugan (pop: 40,600) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) NE of Libertad (pop: 250,400) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) NE of Buenavista (pop: 18,700) --> See nearby quakes!
798 km (496 mi) SE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) --> See nearby quakes!
206 km (128 mi) SE of Leyte Island (pop: 2,388,500) --> See nearby quakes!
209 km (130 mi) NE of Mindanao Island (pop: 25,537,700) --> See nearby quakes!
220 km (136 mi) E of Bohol Island (pop: 1,211,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.0 | 10 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GFZ |
| 4.8 | 87 km | Mindanao, Philippines | BMKG |
| 4.9 | 80 km | Mindanao, Philippines | EMSC |
| 4.6 | 60 km | 6km E of Cantilan, Philippines | USGS |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (11 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Sep 27, 2019 19:17 3 years ago | 2.1 31 km | Philippine Sea, 16 km SE of Union, Philippines | More |
| Sep 27, 2019 19:16 3 years ago | 2.2 30 km | Philippine Sea, 18 km SE of Dapa, Philippines | More |
| Sep 21, 2019 05:39 3 years ago | 2.9 33 km | Auqui Island, 16 km E of Cantilan, Philippines | More |
| Sep 18, 2019 22:38 3 years ago | 2.0 29 km | Philippine Sea, 11 km SE of Socorro, Philippines | More |
| Sep 3, 2019 00:49 3 years ago | 2.3 15 km | Philippine Sea, 6.8 km N of Cortes, Philippines | More |
| Aug 29, 2019 19:23 3 years ago | 2.3 110 km | Auqui Island, 15 km SE of Socorro, Philippines | More |
| Aug 28, 2019 19:38 3 years ago | 2.9 19 km | Philippine Sea, 21 km NE of Cortes, Philippines | More |
| Aug 28, 2019 15:49 3 years ago | 2.1 33 km | Philippine Sea, 23 km SE of Dapa, Philippines | More |
| Aug 25, 2019 22:09 3 years ago | 2.1 33 km | Philippine Sea, 19 km NE of Cortes, Philippines | More |
| Aug 18, 2019 15:29 3 years ago | 2.6 19 km | Philippine Sea, 13 km N of Cortes, Philippines | More |
| Aug 18, 2019 15:15 3 years ago | 2.5 13 km | Philippine Sea, 11 km E of Socorro, Philippines | More |
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