Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Malisbeng in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Malisbeng in Philippines. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:20:18 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxaj. Id of event: us7000pxaj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 23:20:18 / April 19, 2025 @ 11:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 35.769 km, 124.1597° East, 5.8191° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.769 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Santo Niño (c. 9 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puloypuloy, Santo Niño, Surallah (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 39 km SSW of Malisbeng, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.1597° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.8191° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.769 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km SSW of Malisbeng, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-19 23:20:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-06 22:51:36	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.7	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	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	us7000pxaj	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pxaj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pxaj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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