Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 6.4 km south of Matanao, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-20 12:20:40 UTC -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.3 quake 7.6 km northwest of Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, 16 October 2019 11:37 GMT, which had occurred 4 days earlier.
Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 6.4 km south of Matanao, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-20 12:20:40 UTC

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

20 Oct 12:38 UTC: First to report: USGS after 17 minutes.
Date & time: 20 Oct 2019 12:20:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2019-10-20 12:20:40 UTC
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.6221°N / 125.2525°E (Davao del Sur, Davao, Philippines)
Nearest volcano: Matutum (35 km / 22 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km (1 mi) ENE of Kiblawan (pop: 4,460) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) WSW of Padada (Davao del Sur) (pop: 11,400) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) WSW of Guihing Proper (Davao del Sur) (pop: 12,500) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) SSE of Magsaysay (pop: 16,600) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) SW of Digos (pop: 116,100) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) SSE of Bansalan (Davao del Sur) (pop: 21,400) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (16 mi) WNW of Santa Maria (pop: 16,800) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (24 mi) N of Maluñgun (Soccsksargen) (pop: 52,200) --> See nearby quakes!
111 km (69 mi) SE of Budta (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (pop: 1,273,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1003 km (623 mi) SSE of Manila (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.710 kmMindanao, PhilippinesUSGS
M 4.715 kmMindanao, PhilippinesEMSC
M 4.317 km022 km S 45° E of Tulunan (Cotabato) (Philippines)PHIVOLCS
M 5.110 kmMindanao, PhilippinesBMKG

User reports for this quake (21)

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19 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
216.5 km NNW of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
47.8 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Tacurong (Philippines, 64 km W of epicenter) : its shaking (reported through EMSC)
General Santos City (Philippines, 63 km S of epicenter) : SM Mallgensan (reported through EMSC)
Tacurong (Philippines, 68 km W of epicenter) : kakulba (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 17 km NE of epicenter) : Makaguol (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 17 km NE of epicenter) : 3rd one tonight. (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 64 km NE of epicenter) : Not too long. (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 63 km NE of epicenter) : Na (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 62 km NE of epicenter) : Normal (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 60 km NE of epicenter) : Light and short swaying. (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 59 km NE of epicenter) : Yawa sunod sunod na mani oi :((( (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 57 km NE of epicenter) : Up and down movement (reported through EMSC)
General Santos City (Philippines, 56 km S of epicenter) : 4th earthquake experience for today (reported through EMSC)
Polomolok (Philippines, 48 km SW of epicenter) : I saw the lighting on the ceiling is moving. (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 23 km NE of epicenter) : Nalipong nako. (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 20 km NE of epicenter) : noticeably felt (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 19 km NE of epicenter) : Traumatic experience (reported through EMSC)
Matanao (Philippines, 11 km NW of epicenter) : Slight strong 4 aftershock in about 15 minutes is crazy (reported through EMSC)
Matanao (Philippines, 11 km NW of epicenter) : Terrible (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - 6.4 km south of Matanao, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-20 12:20:40 UTC
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