Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 17 km southwest of San Jose del Monte, Philippines, Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:29 pm (GMT +8) -

7 Dec 06:34 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 5 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 7, 2022 06:29:56 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:29 pm (GMT +8)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	14.67521°N / 120.98139°E (Central Luzon, Philippines)
Antipode	14.675°S / 59.019°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	Mariveles (53 km / 33 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) NNE of Caloocan City (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,500,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 4 km (2 mi) ENE of Navotas (National Capital Region) (pop: 249,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 5 km (3 mi) E of Tanza (National Capital Region) (pop: 105,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 6 km (4 mi) SE of Obando (pop: 59,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 7 km (4 mi) SSE of Meycauayan (pop: 184,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) N of Manila (National Capital Region) (pop: 1,600,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Quezon City (National Capital Region) (pop: 2,761,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) NW of San Juan (Metro Manila) (pop: 121,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 30.6°C (87 F), humidity: 56%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from ENE
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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Marulas, Valenzuela City (0 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Lying in my bed and it does weakly shook. Praying for everyone's safety. I hope nothing bad causely happened????????.

gaya gaya sjdm bulacan / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : im at home sitting on the sofa, browsing on my phone, my left hand at my chin, arm on my knee and feet on the floor, then suddenly it felt like i was dizzy coz it was like my vision was shaken when i was staring at my phone for a few seconds so i was startled.i tried to blink for a few seconds, thinking it was just my eyes.i also felt a week rumbling on the floor,i thought it was just the fan vibrating. items on my table also looked like the fan moved it coz it moved a little but still in place

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