A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Gumian in Philippines on Monday. Global time and date of event 21/12/20 / 2020-12-21 18:14:47 / December 21, 2020 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 121.5573° East, latitude 14.7197° North, depth = 36.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:14:47 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000d1q5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d1q5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.17 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500
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Quezon City (National Capital Region) (pop: 2,761,700) > See nearby quakes!
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Weather at epicenter at time of quake: Few Clouds
25.3°C (78 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NEPrimary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.4 x 10
12 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) More info
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69.7 km W of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 2-5 s