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M6.8 earthquake, Philippines, 2019-12-15

MagnitudeM6.8mww

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Depth18 km

Time (UTC)2019-12-15 06:11

Rank in 201916 / 145among M6+

Rank since 19002496 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

7 km S of Magsaysay, Philippines · 6.70, 125.17

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.6 2019-12-15	2019-12-15 07:09	10 km	9 km SSE of Kiblawan, Philippines

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1918 M8.3M8.3

1924 M8.1M8.1

1972 M8.0M8.0

1976 M7.9M7.9

1913 M7.9M7.9

2026 M7.8M7.8

1943 M7.8M7.8

1911 M7.7M7.7

1910 M7.6M7.6

2010 M7.6M7.6

1989 M7.6M7.6

2023 M7.6M7.6

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.5 2019-10-31	2019-10-31 01:11	10 km	2 km ENE of Bulatukan, Philippines
M6.6 2019-10-29	2019-10-29 01:04	15 km	10 km NE of Columbio, Philippines
M6.4 2019-10-16	2019-10-16 11:37	16 km	7 km ENE of Columbio, Philippines
M6.2 2019-09-29	2019-09-29 02:02	73 km	86 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.1 2019-05-31	2019-05-31 10:12	99 km	34 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M7.0 2018-12-29	2018-12-29 03:39	60 km	96 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.0 2018-11-04	2018-11-04 07:55	601 km	10 km SSE of Sapad, Philippines
M6.2 2018-09-08	2018-09-08 07:16	10 km	7 km WNW of Manay, Philippines
M6.0 2018-04-05	2018-04-05 03:53	34 km	43 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines
M6.9 2017-04-28	2017-04-28 20:23	26 km	31 km SW of Burias, Philippines

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.