A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Basco in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000q1rl. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1rl. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:02:09 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.207 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0143 East, latitude 21.1061 North, depth = 11.207 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 11:02:09 / May 27, 2025 @ 11:02 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km N of Basco, Philippines.
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