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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Santiago in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.2713S, 126.798WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.094 km (37 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:27:23 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rgj4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgj4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.798 East, latitude 7.2713 North, depth = 60.094 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 10:27:23 / October 11, 2025 @ 10:27 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 111 km (69 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tagum, Salvacion, Sigaboy.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.798° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.094 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 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 2025-10-11 10:27:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-11 10:45:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 467 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us6000rgj4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rgj4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rgj4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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