A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maragondon in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 06:45:19 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.7169° East, 14.2505° North, depth 213.21 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000aqed. Unique identifier: us7000aqed. 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 213.21 km (132 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/20 / 2020-07-12 06:45:19 / July 12, 2020 @ 6:45 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Porac, Sariaya, Bulaon. Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 3 km SW of Maragondon, Philippines.
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