A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Alugan in Philippines on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 14:31:34 / May 27, 2025 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.7446° East, 12.5268° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:31:34 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000q1sk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1sk.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pambujan, Laoang, Palapag (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Oras (c. 9 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Can-Avid (c. 5 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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