A 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.
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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.
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