Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Lamitan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lamitan in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 21:32:01 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwc7. Unique identifier: us7000qwc7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 21:32:01 / August 20, 2025 @ 9:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 125.9874° East, 5.9983° North, depth 152.424 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.424 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malalag, Batobato, Conel (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 33 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.9874° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.9983° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	152.424 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-20 21:32:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-16 05:03:04	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.139	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	183	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	us7000qwc7	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qwc7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qwc7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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