Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 7.2 km northwest of Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-30 08:37:01 +08:00 -

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 24 hours earlier.
Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 7.2 km northwest of Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-30 08:37:01 +08:00

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

30 Oct 00:57 UTC: First to report: USGS after 20 minutes.
Date & time: 30 Oct 2019 00:37:01 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2019-10-30 08:37:01 +08:00
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.8188°N / 125.1453°E (Province of Davao del Sur, Davao, Philippines)
Nearest volcano: Apo (23 km / 14 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
5 km (3 mi) W of Dolo (pop: 3,970) --> See nearby quakes!
7 km (4 mi) NW of Magsaysay (pop: 16,600) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) WNW of Bansalan (Davao del Sur) (pop: 21,400) --> See nearby quakes!
9 km (6 mi) S of Bulatukan (Soccsksargen) (pop: 4,310) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) SSE of Makilala (Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen) (pop: 13,800) --> See nearby quakes!
22 km (14 mi) SSE of Kidapawan (Soccsksargen) (pop: 79,700) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (15 mi) WNW of Digos (pop: 116,100) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) NE of Koronadal (Soccsksargen) (pop: 125,500) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) ESE of Budta (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (pop: 1,273,700) --> See nearby quakes!
978 km (608 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: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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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.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.810 km5km W of Dolo, PhilippinesUSGS
M 4.810 kmMindanao, PhilippinesEMSC
M 4.910 kmMindanao, PhilippinesBMKG

User reports for this quake (3)

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48.7 km SW of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Tampakan (Philippines, 52 km SW of epicenter) : Felt a after one just now the bed was shaking alittle.. (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 22 km E of epicenter) : Just another aftershock. No issues here (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 7.2 km northwest of Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines, on 2019-10-30 08:37:01 +08:00
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