A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Pedro One in Philippines. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:43:44 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.1363° East, latitude 14.0384° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007et0. Id of event: us60007et0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 14:43:44 / January 12, 2020 @ 2:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dinahican, Norzagaray, Victoria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 1 km SSW of San Pedro One, Philippines.
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