A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Malvar in Philippines. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 15:09:55 / January 12, 2020 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.54 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:09:55 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60007et6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007et6. Exact location, longitude 121.1791° East, latitude 14.0296° North, depth = 5.54 km.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guiguinto, Infanta, Balagtas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 2 km SE of Malvar, Philippines.
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