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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Santiago in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.127S, 126.8338WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.8338° East, 7.127° North, depth 52.645 km. Unique identifier: us6000rg01. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rg01. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:23:03 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.645 km (33 miles). Global time and date of event 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 03:23:03 / October 10, 2025 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Compostela, San Mariano, Manat (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8338° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.645 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-10 03:23:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-10 03:45:57 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 369 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.246 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000rg01 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rg01 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rg01, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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