Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 0 km SW of Balete, Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Balete in Philippines on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 15:47:59 / January 12, 2020 @ 3:47 pm. Event id: us60007eud. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007eud. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.0881° East, latitude 14.0153° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:47:59 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balagtas, Guyong, Pilar (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 0 km SW of Balete, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.0881° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.0153° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km SW of Balete, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-12 15:47:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-26 21:59:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.17	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	127	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60007eud	Id of event.
Event Code	60007eud	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007eud,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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