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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.9302S, 126.9961WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.643 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pxmi. Event ids that are associated: us7000pxmi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 03:48:40 / May 7, 2025 @ 3:48 am. Exact location of event, longitude 126.9961 East, latitude 7.9302 North, depth = 67.643 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:48:40 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvacion, Manay, Hinatuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop).

Every 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 55 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9961° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.9302° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.643 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-07 03:48:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-07 04:08:11 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 354 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.645 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000pxmi Id of event.
Event Code 7000pxmi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pxmi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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