A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from San Andres in Philippines on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60007esy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007esy. Exact location of earthquake, 121.2074° East, 14.0322° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 14:00:27 / January 12, 2020 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:00:27 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantilan, Balagtas, Boac (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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 SSW of San Andres, Philippines.
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