A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 12:01:17 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 77.303 km, 126.9585° East, 7.2841° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 12:01:17 / October 10, 2025 @ 12:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.303 km (48 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg4d. Id of event: us6000rg4d.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mati, Cateel, Taytayan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 42 km E of Santiago, Philippines.
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