Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 3.9 km northwest of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines, on Sunday, 20 October 2019 at 11:59 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.3 quake 7.6 km northwest of Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, Philippines, 16 October 2019 11:37 GMT, which had occurred 4 jours earlier.
Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 3.9 km northwest of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines, on Sunday, 20 October 2019 at 11:59 (GMT)

Tremblement de terre fort magnitude 5.0 at 10 km depth

20 Oct 12:08 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 8 minutes.
Date & time: 20 Oct 2019 11:59:43 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.78°N / 125.34°E (Davao del Sur, Davao, Philippines)
Volcan le plus près: Apo (18 km / 11 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km ESE de Goma (pop: 4,280) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
4 km NNO de Digos (pop: 116,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
14 km E de Bansalan (Davao del Sur) (pop: 21,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
17 km E de Magsaysay (pop: 16,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
29 km NNO de Santa Maria (pop: 16,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
38 km SE de Kidapawan (Soccsksargen) (pop: 79,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
44 km SO de Davao (pop: 1,212,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
70 km SSO de Panabo (pop: 84,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
110 km ESE de Budta (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (pop: 1,273,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
992 km SSE de Manille (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.010 kmMindanao, PhilippinesGFZ
M 5.110 kmMindanao, PhilippinesEMSC
M 5.410 kmMindanao, PhilippinesBMKG
M 5.110 km6km NW of Kiblawan, PhilippinesUSGS
M 4.826 km024 km S 19° E of Makilala (Cotabato) (Philippines)PHIVOLCS
M 5.143 kmMindanao, PhilippinesGeoAu

User reports for this quake (40)

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Norala / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Tagum City / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Brgy. Cogon, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippine (4.2 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Malaybalay City Bukidnon / Light shaking (MMI IV)
203.3 km NNW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Cantalunan Grande , Davao city / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Davao city / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Koronadal City, South Cotabato / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : fast shaking around 5-10 seconds and felt another shaking after 10mins. felt dizzy because of the continues shaking
Digos City / Light shaking (MMI IV) : It suddenly moved and kept moving then the earthquake suddenly got a bit stronger and now it's calming a bit but it's still making me nervous of what's happening next coz as the days pass by the earthquake gets stronger a bit every night
Davao City. Philippines / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Davao City (41.6 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Digos city / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Davao City / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Davao City / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Didn't last long...was just 9 minutes after the 4.7
Toril davao city / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Malaybalay city bukidnon / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
37 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Didn't last very long..it was preceded just about 9 minutes before by the 4.7 (reported through our app)
Davao City / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : A bit stronger than the last. Felt very dizzy.
38.4 km NW of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Digos, ph (3 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
84.4 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
107.5 km S of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Digos (Philippines, 12 km E of epicenter) : Very strong. Just 8-10min after the first earthquake (7:50p) (reported through EMSC)
Panabo (Philippines, 75 km NE of epicenter) : Slight quake (reported through EMSC)
General Santos City (Philippines, 67 km S of epicenter) : I thought it was my dog scratching his body... It's strong shakes anyway. (reported through EMSC)
General Santos City (Philippines, 66 km S of epicenter) : jusq lord help us..... ay muslim diay ko (reported through EMSC)
General Santos City (Philippines, 63 km S of epicenter) : The second one in just a few minutes... (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 55 km NE of epicenter) : 2nd eq at 8pm. More shaking at this moment (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 55 km NE of epicenter) : And again. (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 54 km NE of epicenter) : A little dizzy after the quake experience (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 54 km NE of epicenter) : Weak but confusing (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 54 km NE of epicenter) : so strong (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 50 km NE of epicenter) : It shakes for a while. (reported through EMSC)
Tampakan (Philippines, 49 km SW of epicenter) : Another happen 5 mins ago (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 48 km NE of epicenter) : I felt some shaking (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 48 km NE of epicenter) : It's the 4th time tonight (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 48 km NE of epicenter) : Just worried it's the third time in 15mins (reported through EMSC)
Davao City (Philippines, 47 km NE of epicenter) : Makalipong na straight shakes (reported through EMSC)
Tulunan (Philippines, 44 km W of epicenter) : we experienced a minute ago then now (reported through EMSC)
Digos (Philippines, 11 km NE of epicenter) : It was somewhat strong. (reported through EMSC)
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