A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wawa in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyxe. Unique identifier: us2000cyxe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.73 km (89 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:19:14 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 01:19:14 / January 28, 2018 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.0165 East, latitude 13.7056 North, depth = 142.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalayaan, Morong, Tanay (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SW of Wawa, Philippines.
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