Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Lukatan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.7055S, 126.821WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Lukatan in Philippines on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/25 / 2025-06-20 21:00:23 / June 20, 2025 @ 9:00 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 126.821 East, latitude 6.7055 North, depth = 166.164 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 166.164 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qliq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qliq. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:00:23 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lupon, Sigaboy, Batobato (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Did you feel anything?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.821° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7055° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 166.164 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-20 21:00:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-20 22:02:52 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.285 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000qliq Id of event.
Event Code 6000qliq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qliq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply