A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sulop in Philippines. Global time and date of event 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 07:09:21 / December 15, 2019 @ 7:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 125.2987° East, latitude 6.5268° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60006rpn. Event ids that are associated: us60006rpn. 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 10 km (6 miles). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:09:21 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malingao, Damulog, La Libertad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SSW of Sulop, Philippines.
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