A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Friday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:53:53 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). 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: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 03:53:53 / October 10, 2025 @ 3:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.361 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg08. Id of event: us6000rg08. Exact location, longitude 126.7912° East, latitude 7.2695° North, depth = 60.361 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monkayo, Montevista, La Union (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 24 km E of Santiago, Philippines.
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