A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Cabanatuan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.59 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 18:55:12 / January 7, 2020 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.9773 East, latitude 15.4914 North, depth = 36.59 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:55:12 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007c6j. Id of event: us60007c6j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Jose del Monte (c. 357 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Cabanatuan City (c. 220 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Malolos (c. 198 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samal, Bagong Pagasa, Tanza.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 Cabanatuan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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