Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - Sulu Sea, Philippines, on Sunday, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:09 pm (GMT +8) -
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Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 4 km depth
16 Jan 04:22 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 13 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 16, 2022 04:09:51 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:09 pm (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3 |
| Depth | 4.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 10.5°N / 122.18°E  (Sulu Sea, Philippines) |
| Antipode | 10.5°S / 57.82°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Canlaon (105 km / 65 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 475 km (295 mi) SSE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 81 km (51 mi) SSW of Panay Island (pop: 4,307,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 109 km (68 mi) NW of Negros Island (pop: 4,414,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 11 m/s (21 kts) from NE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.0 | 4 km | PANAY, PHILIPPINES | EMSC |
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