A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cartagena in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.169 East, latitude 9.8304 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:51:36 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgwi. Unique identifier: us6000qgwi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 06:51:36 / May 17, 2025 @ 6:51 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Payao, Miagao, Carabalan. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Kabankalan (c. 136 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hinigaran (c. 39 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Binalbagan (c. 38 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bayawan (c. 36 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Himamaylan (c. 25 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Sipalay (c. 24 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 25 km W of Cartagena, Philippines.
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