A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Balele in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:48:03 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.0819° East, latitude 14.0784° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007eth. Id of event: us60007eth. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 18:48:03 / January 12, 2020 @ 6:48 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Plaridel, Norzagaray, Hagonoy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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 NW of Balele, Philippines.
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