A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:23:38 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rez7. Unique identifier: us6000rez7. Global time and date of event 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 17:23:38 / October 5, 2025 @ 5:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 125.0136 East, latitude 4.5998 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (64 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarangani (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.
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