Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes near Manay, Philippines - VolcanoDiscovery

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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes near Manay, Philippines

Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 19:27

19:27 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

4.8 quake 21 Dec 3:07 am (GMT +8)

Just 14 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Manay, Davao Oriental, Davao, Philippines. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday 21 December 2020 at 3:07 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 159 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.7.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Manay (pop. 20,300) located 106 km from the epicenter, and San Ignacio (pop. 6,300) 107 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Earthquake data:

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Date & time: Sun, 20 Dec 19:07 UTC
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 159.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.81°N / 127.41°E
Primary data source: BMKG

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2020-12-20 19:34:32Z