Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - Eastern Visayas, Philippines, on Monday, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:02 am (GMT +8) -
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Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 1 km depth
17 Jan 02:20 UTC: First to report: PHIVOLCS after 2 hours and 18 minutes.
17 Jan 13:20: Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards N.
17 Jan 13:20: Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards N.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 17, 2022 00:02:00 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:02 am (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 1.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 10.38°N / 125.12°E  (Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines) |
| Antipode | 10.38°S / 54.88°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) |
| Nearest volcano | Cabalian (15 km / 9 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 15 km (9 mi) WNW of Hinundayan (pop: 2,690) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) E of Sogod (Southern Leyte) (pop: 8,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (15 mi) N of Liloan (pop: 3,550) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 36 km (23 mi) E of Bato (Leyte) (pop: 9,950) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) NE of Maasin (Southern Leyte) (pop: 18,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (26 mi) SSE of Abuyog (Leyte) (pop: 15,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) SE of Baybay (Leyte) (pop: 17,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) NNW of Surigao City (Caraga) (pop: 87,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (56 mi) SE of Ormoc (Bisayas orientales) (pop: 191,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 650 km (404 mi) SE of Manila (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 1 km | Philippines: 009 Km S 80° W of Hinunangan (Southern Leyte) | PHIVOLCS |
| 3.4 | 1 km | LEYTE, PHILIPPINES | EMSC |
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