A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Andres in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60007esw. Event ids that are associated: us60007esw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.17 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 121.1586 East, latitude 14.0035 North, depth = 7.17 km. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 13:50:59 / January 12, 2020 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:50:59 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Victoria, Bulacan, Alabat. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 1 km ENE of San Andres, Philippines.
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