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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Malim in Philippines

Posted by admin on August 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.2815S, 123.4823WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Malim in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 123.4823 East, latitude 7.2815 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:49:53 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 07:49:53 / August 31, 2025 @ 7:49 am. Event id: us7000qsr1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qsr1.

Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Pagadian (c. 186 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Muricay (c. 132 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lala (c. 61 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Pagaluñgan (c. 31 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tangub (c. 29 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Butig, Kalamansig, Pagaluñgan.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SSE of Malim, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.4823° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2815° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SSE of Malim, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-31 07:49:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 08:07:31 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 369 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000qsr1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qsr1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qsr1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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