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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 7 km SW of La Paz, Philippines

Posted by admin on July 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.9456S, 126.2112WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Paz in Philippines. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:56:33 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 05:56:33 / July 25, 2025 @ 5:56 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000quzu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000quzu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.423 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.2112° East, 8.9456° North, depth 74.423 km.

Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trento, Veruela, Nasipit. Nearby 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 7 km SW of La Paz, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2112° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.9456° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.423 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of La Paz, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-25 05:56:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-25 06:18:37 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 354 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.966 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000quzu Id of event.
Event Code 6000quzu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000quzu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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