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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Taguisa in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Taguisa in Philippines on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 20:47:50 / April 25, 2025 @ 8:47 pm. Event id: us7000pv4c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pv4c. The temblor was detected at 20:47:50 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 68.864 km, 123.822° East, 6.6562° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.864 km (43 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lopez Jaena, Pigcawayan, Tacurong (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Isulan (c. 31 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pagaluñgan (c. 31 100 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km W of Taguisa, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.822° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6562° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	68.864 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km W of Taguisa, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-25 20:47:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-26 17:06:57	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	326	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	133	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.792	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	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	us7000pv4c	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pv4c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pv4c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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