A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 14:48:07 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgg3. Unique identifier: us6000qgg3. Global time and date of event 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 14:48:07 / May 28, 2025 @ 2:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 121.7969° East, latitude 21.0036° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NNW of Basco, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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