A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Can-Avid in Philippines on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 08:08:26 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.4089 East, latitude 12.0066 North, depth = 42.658 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pezl. Unique identifier: us7000pezl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.658 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 08:08:26 / February 12, 2025 @ 8:08 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Panalanoy, San Policarpio, Mondragon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km WNW of Can-Avid, Philippines.
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