A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.425 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pidf. Unique identifier: us6000pidf. Exact location, longitude 126.1395° East, latitude 9.9768° North, depth = 60.425 km. The temblor was reported at 09:19:06 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 09:19:06 / January 7, 2025 @ 9:19 am.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kitcharao, Alegria, Mainit.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ESE of Santa Monica, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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