A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Boot in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 12:51:17 / January 12, 2020 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:51:17 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.0471° East, 14.0337° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us60007ess. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ess. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pandi, Paombong, Real (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 thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WSW of Boot, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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