Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Santo Tomas in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Santo Tomas in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 121.1569 East, latitude 14.1169 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:43 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 12:58:43 / January 12, 2020 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007est. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007est.

Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pulilan, Culianin, Alabat (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km ENE of Santo Tomas, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.1569° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.1169° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km ENE of Santo Tomas, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-12 12:58:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-29 11:24:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.214	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60007est	Id of event.
Event Code	60007est	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007est,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

121.1569° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.1169° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1km ENE of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-01-12 12:58:43

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-01-29 11:24:45

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

298

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.214

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.88 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

134

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us60007est

Id of event.

Event Code

60007est

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us60007est,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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