Mag. 4.9 earthquake - 10.1 km west of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, on Thursday, 31 October 2019 at 05:59 (GMT) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.5 quake 19 km southeast of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, 31 October 2019 01:11 GMT, which had occurred 5 hours earlier.
Mag. 4.9 earthquake - 10.1 km west of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, on Thursday, 31 October 2019 at 05:59 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 10 km depth

31 Oct 06:10 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 11 minutes.
Oct 31 19:55: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.9.
Date & time: 31 Oct 2019 05:59:04 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.99°N / 125°E (Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines)
Nearest volcano: Apo (11 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
5 km (3 mi) WSW of Kalaisan (pop: 2,490) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) WSW of Kidapawan (pop: 79,700) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) SE of Malamote (pop: 3,100) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (7 mi) WNW of Makilala (Province of Cotabato) (pop: 13,800) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (8 mi) E of Bialong (pop: 8,640) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) SSW of President Roxas (Province of Cotabato) (pop: 10,900) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) SE of Kabacan (pop: 31,800) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (20 mi) NW of Bansalan (Davao del Sur) (pop: 21,400) --> See nearby quakes!
66 km (41 mi) ESE of Budta (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (pop: 1,273,700) --> See nearby quakes!
954 km (593 mi) SSE of Manila (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 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 4.910 kmMindanao, PhilippinesBMKG
M 4.225 kmMindanao, PhilippinesEMSC
M 4.225 km023 km N 76° E of Tulunan (Cotabato) (Philippines)PHIVOLCS

User reports for this quake (11)

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Westville KwaZulu-Natal South Africa / Light shaking (MMI IV)
westville durban, south africa / Light shaking (MMI IV)
68.7 km E of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
125.9 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
General Santos City / Light shaking (MMI IV) : It ws so strong that even the Mango tree in front the DOST-XII Satellite Laboratory located at Brgy. Hall Compound, Calumpang, General Santos City was really shaking as well as the glasses are shaking very strong. The shaking was horizontal.
Davao City (Philippines, 60 km E of epicenter) : @Kidapawan City (reported through EMSC)
T'Boli (Philippines, 81 km S of epicenter) : Feeling Dizzy (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 60 km E of epicenter) : Slight shake felt, Mintal, Davao City (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 42 km SE of epicenter) : I felt a quake (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 39 km SE of epicenter) : Shakinh (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 39 km SE of epicenter) : I (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 4.9 earthquake - 10.1 km west of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines, on Thursday, 31 October 2019 at 05:59 (GMT)
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