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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Pondaguitan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.0971S, 126.1802WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 145.952 km (91 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qdfk. Id of event: us7000qdfk. The temblor was picked up at 01:14:35 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 01:14:35 / July 7, 2025 @ 1:14 am. Exact location of event, depth 145.952 km, 126.1802° East, 6.0971° North.

Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Maria, Lupon, Basiawan (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 29 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.0971° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.952 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-07 01:14:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-21 23:40:30 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us7000qdfk Id of event.
Event Code 7000qdfk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qdfk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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