Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 9 km E of Telafas, Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Telafas in Philippines on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 04:13:20 / May 26, 2025 @ 4:13 am. The temblor was reported at 04:13:20 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.506 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjk7. Unique identifier: us6000qjk7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.059 East, latitude 6.6378 North, depth = 14.506 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Budta, Glan, Maitum. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km E of Telafas, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.059° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6378° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.506 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km E of Telafas, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-26 04:13:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-17 02:31:38	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	271	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	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.671	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	135	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	us6000qjk7	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qjk7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qjk7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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