Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Limbuhan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Limbuhan in Philippines on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 20:38:39 / April 9, 2025 @ 8:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.1669 East, latitude 12.0002 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:38:39 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000puie. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000puie.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mondragon, Daanbantayan, Bulusan. Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km NE of Limbuhan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.1669° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	12.0002° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km NE of Limbuhan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-09 20:38:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-24 15:53:47	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	271	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.093	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000puie	Id of event.
Event Code	7000puie	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000puie,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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