A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Managa in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.92 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:34:57 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 125.2694° East, 6.7717° North, depth 16.92 km. Global time and date of event 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 06:34:57 / December 15, 2019 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us60006rpk. Event ids that are associated: us60006rpk.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santo Niño, Sampao, Cambanugoy. Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km N of Managa, Philippines.
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