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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sarangani in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.0887S, 125.195WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 19:23:08 / June 12, 2025 @ 7:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.999 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:23:08 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.195° East, latitude 5.0887° North, depth = 34.999 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qjww. Event ids that are associated: us6000qjww.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sapu Padidu, Maasin, Glan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 45 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.195° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.0887° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.999 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-12 19:23:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-12 20:02:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.453 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qjww Id of event.
Event Code 6000qjww An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qjww, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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