A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Talisay in Philippines on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 14:28:58 / January 12, 2020 @ 2:28 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:28:58 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.18 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60007etm. Event ids that are associated: us60007etm. Exact location, longitude 121.1941° East, latitude 13.9776° North, depth = 3.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bocaue, Sulucan, San Jose del Monte (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km WNW of Talisay, Philippines.
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