A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 06:14:13 / January 16, 2025 @ 6:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.2919° East, 10.1549° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:14:13 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pm4t. Id of event: us6000pm4t.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bacuag, Placer, Claver (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bacuag (c. 5 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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