A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 519.517 km (323 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.9402° East, 5.7042° North, depth 519.517 km. The temblor was detected at 10:17:13 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 10:17:13 / June 12, 2025 @ 10:17 am. Unique identifier: us6000qjsl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjsl.
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bantogon, Kiamba, Maitum (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines.
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