A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kiblawan in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:54:26 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60006sb1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006sb1. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.2625° East, 6.6005° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 19:54:26 / December 16, 2019 @ 7:54 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Datu Piang, Tubod, Baliton (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ESE of Kiblawan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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