Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 90 km northeast of Butuan, Agusan Del Norte, Caraga, Philippines, on Sunday, 11 August 2019 at 04:52 (GMT) -
Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
11 Aug 05:04 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.5°N / 126.14°E
(Philippines)Nearest volcano: Paco (69 km / 43 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
23 km (14 mi) SE of Socorro (pop: 9,740)
25 km (16 mi) NNW of Cortes (Surigao del Sur) (pop: 3,030)
26 km (16 mi) NE of Cantilan (Surigao del Sur) (pop: 9,410)
30 km (19 mi) SSE of Dapa (Surigao del Norte) (pop: 8,820)
47 km (29 mi) N of Tandag (Surigao del Sur) (pop: 29,000)
78 km (48 mi) ESE of Surigao (pop: 87,800)
199 km (124 mi) NE of Cagayan de Oro (Misamis Oriental) (pop: 445,100)
236 km (147 mi) NE of Iligan City (Lanao del Norte) (pop: 312,300)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) [learn more]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 10 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GFZ |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Cantilan / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 90 km northeast of Butuan, Agusan Del Norte, Caraga, Philippines, 11 August 04:52 UTC
More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (11 quakes):- 27 Sep 2019 19:17 UTC| M 2.1 |31 km (19.3 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 27 Sep 2019 19:16 UTC| M 2.2 |30 km (18.6 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 21 Sep 2019 05:39 UTC| M 2.9 |33 km (20.5 mi) depth|14 km (8 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 18 Sep 2019 22:38 UTC| M 2.0 |29 km (18 mi) depth|13 km (8 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 03 Sep 2019 00:49 UTC| M 2.3 |15 km (9.3 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 29 Aug 2019 19:23 UTC| M 2.3 |110 km (68.4 mi) depth|12 km (7 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 28 Aug 2019 19:38 UTC| M 2.9 |19 km (11.8 mi) depth|19 km (12 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 28 Aug 2019 15:49 UTC| M 2.1 |33 km (20.5 mi) depth|15 km (10 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 25 Aug 2019 22:09 UTC| M 2.1 |33 km (20.5 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 18 Aug 2019 15:29 UTC| M 2.6 |19 km (11.8 mi) depth|12 km (8 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
- 18 Aug 2019 15:15 UTC| M 2.5 |13 km (8.1 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| PHIVOLCS | Details
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