A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Mataas Na Kahoy in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.2 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 121.1204° East, latitude 13.9677° North, depth = 3.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60007esz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007esz. The temblor was reported at 22:33:34 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 14:33:34 / January 12, 2020 @ 2:33 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Real, Orion, Loma de Gato. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km NE of Mataas Na Kahoy, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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