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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Cortes in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Cortes in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:49:24 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/25 / 2025-07-22 22:49:24 / July 22, 2025 @ 10:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 126.5433 East, latitude 9.5201 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qu9b. Id of event: us6000qu9b.

The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Claver, Aras-asan, Cantilan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 46 km NE of Cortes, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.5433° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.5201° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km NE 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	2025-07-22 22:49:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-22 23:20:04	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.615	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	62	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	us6000qu9b	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qu9b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qu9b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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