A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cuenca in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007et5. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007et5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 15:25:01 / January 12, 2020 @ 3:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:01 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.0616 East, latitude 13.9366 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pilar, Sulucan, Loma de Gato (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km NNE of Cuenca, Philippines.
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