A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Cortes in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.9482° East, 9.3193° North. 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: 07/09/25 / 2025-09-07 07:29:07 / September 7, 2025 @ 7:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000quir. Id of event: us7000quir. The temblor was picked up at 07:29:07 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tandag, Tago, Aras-asan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km E of Cortes, Philippines.
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