Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Mataas Na Kahoy in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Mataas Na Kahoy in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:36:15 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 15:36:15 / January 12, 2020 @ 3:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.1085° East, 13.9528° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007eti. Id of event: us60007eti.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loma de Gato, Orion, Lambakin (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km SW of Mataas Na Kahoy, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.1085° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9528° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km SW of Mataas Na Kahoy, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-12 15:36:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-26 21:42:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.223	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	110	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60007eti	Id of event.
Event Code	60007eti	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007eti,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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