A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sulop in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60006s7h. Event ids that are associated: us60006s7h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 16:21:53 / December 16, 2019 @ 4:21 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 125.3243 East, latitude 6.5512 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:21:53 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabayangan, Datu Piang, Maganoy (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 5 km SSW of Sulop, Philippines.
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