Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near La Paz in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from La Paz in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 88.907 km, 126.3965° East, 9.054° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 07:27:21 / August 2, 2025 @ 7:27 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:27:21 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qqsu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qqsu. The epicenter was at a depth of 88.907 km (55 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Claver, Esperanza, Dapa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 16 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.3965° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.054° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	88.907 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km ENE 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	2025-08-02 07:27:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-28 06:58:41	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.131	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	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	us7000qqsu	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qqsu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qqsu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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