Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 13 km southwest of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 01:28 (GMT) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.5 quake 7.9 km northwest of Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, 29 October 2019 01:04 GMT, which had occurred 23 minutes earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 10 km depth
29 Oct 01:36 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Oct 29 01:41: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.1.
Oct 29 01:41: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.1.
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.93°N / 125°E

Nearest volcano: Apo (30 km / 19 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
10 km (6 mi) SSW of Kalaisan (pop: 2,490) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) WSW of Makilala (Province of Cotabato) (pop: 13,800) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NE of Bagontapay (pop: 6,750) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) SW of Kidapawan (pop: 79,700) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) ESE of Bialong (pop: 8,640) --> See nearby quakes!
27 km (17 mi) NW of Magsaysay (Davao) (pop: 16,600) --> See nearby quakes!
27 km (17 mi) SE of Kabacan (pop: 31,800) --> See nearby quakes!
28 km (18 mi) NW of Bansalan (Davao del Sur) (pop: 21,400) --> See nearby quakes!
69 km (43 mi) ESE of Budta (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (pop: 1,273,700) --> See nearby quakes!
960 km (596 mi) SSE of Manila (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 5.1 | 10 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GFZ |
M 5.1 | 10 km | Mindanao, Philippines | EMSC |
M 5.4 | 19 km | Mindanao, Philippines | BMKG |
M 5.1 | 27 km | Mindanao, Philippines | GeoAu |
M 4.3 | 6 km | 022 km S 73° E of Tulunan (Cotabato) (Philippines) | PHIVOLCS |
User reports for this quake (18)
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cagayan de oro / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : We felt the quake thrice today. It was very strong that we immediately felt the shaking and ran outside while doing the dock and cover tip for our safety. The next 2 shakings were just moderate but still caused some of us headaches.
cagayan de oro city / Light shaking (MMI IV) : It was less shaky from the previous movement some minutes ago
Polomolok, south Cotabato / Strong shaking (MMI VI)
Davao City / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Malaybalay City / Light shaking (MMI IV)
General Santos City / Strong shaking (MMI VI)
Pikit, North Cotabato / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City (174.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Digos city (49.5 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) (reported through our app)
34.4 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) (reported through our app)
Lizada, Toril (54.5 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Davao city (73.2 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
General Santos City Philippines / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
BUNAWAN DISTRICT DAVAO CITY / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
322.5 km W of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Davao City / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : Scaryyyy
71.1 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Davao City (Philippines, 64 km E of epicenter) : Around 9:00 am Philippines time we felt some shaking then it intensified (reported through EMSC)
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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 13 km southwest of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 01:28 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!