A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kiblawan in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 04:51:05 / December 21, 2019 @ 4:51 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70006x0n. Event ids that are associated: us70006x0n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:51:05 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.1409 East, latitude 6.5843 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Kidapawan (c. 79 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baliton, Maitum, Glad.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 11 km WSW of Kiblawan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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