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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Caburan in Philippines

Posted by admin on June 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.8091S, 125.6462WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Caburan in Philippines on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000qkw6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qkw6. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:49:05 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 19:49:05 / June 17, 2025 @ 7:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.059 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.6462 East, latitude 5.8091 North, depth = 52.059 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cebuano, Padada, Tupi. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 12 km S of Caburan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.6462° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.8091° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.059 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km S of Caburan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-17 19:49:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-17 20:23:51 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 340 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.082 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000qkw6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qkw6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkw6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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