A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kiblawan in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.2649° East, 6.6019° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/12/19 / 2019-12-20 03:45:52 / December 20, 2019 @ 3:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70006wz5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wz5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:45:52 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Simod, Carmen, Alejal. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 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), 19 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), 48 km (30 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 3 km ESE of Kiblawan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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