A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from San Juan in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 215.06 km (134 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:40:09 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000d388. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d388. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/21 / 2021-01-25 19:40:09 / January 25, 2021 @ 7:40 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.1422 East, latitude 15.3235 North, depth = 215.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cabanatuan City (c. 220 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Malolos (c. 198 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Macalong, Asingan, Alaminos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 9 km ENE of San Juan, Philippines.
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