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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Burgos in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Burgos in Philippines. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:40:54 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 31.753 km (20 miles). Event id: us7000qe2q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qe2q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.3464° East, latitude 9.2078° North, depth = 31.753 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 16:40:54 / July 20, 2025 @ 4:40 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tungao, Mainit, Libertad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 18 km ESE of Burgos, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.3464° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.2078° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.753 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km ESE of Burgos, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-20 16:40:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-20 16:56:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	370	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	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.256	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	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	us7000qe2q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qe2q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qe2q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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