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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 62 km E of Cortes, Philippines


Earthquake location 9.3037S, 126.7623WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Cortes in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 22:24:38 / June 22, 2025 @ 10:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7623° East, 9.3037° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:24:38 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qanw. Event ids that are associated: us7000qanw.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Socorro, Dapa, Cantilan.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km E of Cortes, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7623° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.3037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km E of Cortes, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-22 22:24:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-04 23:05:16 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.51 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000qanw Id of event.
Event Code 7000qanw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qanw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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