A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lukatan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/25 / 2025-04-21 05:56:41 / April 21, 2025 @ 5:56 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:56:41 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q7hm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q7hm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.5685° East, 6.813° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pandasan, Baganga, Magnaga (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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.
Did you feel it?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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