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Major earthquake, 7.4 mag strikes near Santiago in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.2649S, 126.7545WA major earthquake magnitude 7.4 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 01:43:59 / October 10, 2025 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Santiago in Philippines (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rfwz. Event ids that are associated: pt25283000, us6000rfwz, at00t3w7hd. The temblor was picked up at 01:43:59 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.7545° East, 7.2649° North, depth 58.087 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.087 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 128 km (79 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tamayong, Tamugan, Baracatan (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km E of Santiago, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7545° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.087 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km E 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 01:43:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-10 01:57:12 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 7.3 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 844 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 ,pt,us,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.182 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rfwz Id of event.
Event Code 6000rfwz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25283000,us6000rfwz,at00t3w7hd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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