A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Hukay in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 11:18:18 / May 14, 2024 @ 11:18 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 227.106 km (141 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:18:18 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n02j. Id of event: us6000n02j. Exact location of event, longitude 120.7511 East, latitude 13.8364 North, depth = 227.106 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tayabas, Tanay, Victoria. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 5 km E of Hukay, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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