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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Lazi in Philippines


Earthquake location 9.0125S, 123.9512WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Lazi in Philippines on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0mc. Id of event: us6000r0mc. Global time and date of event 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 08:34:03 / August 14, 2025 @ 8:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:34:03 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 541.718 km, 123.9512° East, 9.0125° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 541.718 km (337 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Binuangan, Kauswagan, Barra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Dumaguete (c. 113 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Dipolog (c. 93 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tagbilaran City (c. 86 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Dapitan (c. 50 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Oroquieta (c. 39 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sibulan (c. 28 100 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km ESE of Lazi, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.9512° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.0125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 541.718 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km ESE of Lazi, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-14 08:34:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-14 08:58:29 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 271 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.514 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000r0mc Id of event.
Event Code 6000r0mc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r0mc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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