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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Cagdianao in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cagdianao in Philippines on Friday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:44:19 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 00:44:19 / August 29, 2025 @ 12:44 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.572 km (62 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000qrse. Event ids that are associated: us7000qrse. Exact location of earthquake, 125.7714° East, 10.0206° North, depth 99.572 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sogod (c. 8 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tubay (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tubay, Sogod, Cantilan (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NE of Cagdianao, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.7714° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.0206° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	99.572 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km NE of Cagdianao, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-29 00:44:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-29 01:12:18	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	340	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	2.938	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	70	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	us7000qrse	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qrse	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qrse,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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