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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Pondaguitan in Philippines


Earthquake location 4.6063S, 128.0817WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 286 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (178 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.561 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.0817 East, latitude 4.6063 North, depth = 69.561 km. Global time and date of event 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 18:31:28 / April 2, 2025 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5g1. Id of event: us6000q5g1. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:31:28 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 286 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.0817° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.6063° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.561 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 286 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-02 18:31:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-14 14:16:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.597 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q5g1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5g1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5g1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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