A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Wawa in Philippines on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c7e7. Id of event: us7000c7e7. The temblor was picked up at 07:23:07 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/10/20 / 2020-10-29 07:23:07 / October 29, 2020 @ 7:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.0198 East, latitude 13.7241 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manila, Sampaloc, Lubang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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