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Major earthquake, 7 mag has occurred near Palompon in Philippines


Earthquake location 11.1S, 124.3WA major earthquake with magnitude 7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Palompon in Philippines. Event id: at00t3emvp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25273001, at00t3emvp. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palompon in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.3 East, latitude 11.1 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 13:59:45 / September 30, 2025 @ 1:59 pm. The 7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:59:45 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Cadiz (c. 129 100 pop), 136 km (85 miles) from Victorias (c. 86 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Concepcion, Carmen, Canlaon.

There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 10 km WNW of Palompon, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.3° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.1° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km WNW of Palompon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-30 13:59:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-30 14:13:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 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 1 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 755 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46.799996256 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00t3emvp Id of event.
Event Code 00t3emvp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25273001,at00t3emvp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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