Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Caburan in Philippines

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1045 East, latitude 5.5576 North, depth = 141.255 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 05:08:31 / August 12, 2025 @ 5:08 am. Id of earthquake: us6000r00x. Event ids that are associated: us6000r00x. The temblor was reported at 05:08:31 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.255 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alabel, Lun Pequeño, Glan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.1045° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.5576° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	141.255 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	64 km SE of Caburan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-12 05:08:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-12 05:26:19	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	432	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	144	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.029	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000r00x	Id of event.
Event Code	6000r00x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000r00x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

126.1045° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

5.5576° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

141.255 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

64 km SE of Caburan, Philippines

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-08-12 05:08:31

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-08-12 05:26:19

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

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

432

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

144

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.029

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.9 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000r00x

Id of event.

Event Code

6000r00x

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000r00x,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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