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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Nangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.4874S, 126.1693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Nangan in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 17:07:14 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1m5. Id of event: us7000q1m5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 17:07:14 / May 26, 2025 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.764 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 74.764 km, 126.1693° East, 6.4874° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Digos, Tuban, Inawayan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km ENE of Nangan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4874° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.764 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km ENE of Nangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-26 17:07:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 17:24:01 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 298 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us7000q1m5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1m5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1m5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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