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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Barcelona in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgq5. Unique identifier: us6000rgq5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 09:44:26 / October 12, 2025 @ 9:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, 126.9497° East, 8.3514° North, depth 25.874 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.874 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:44:26 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barobo, Aras-asan, Tagbina (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 60 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.9497° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.3514° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.874 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-12 09:44:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-12 10:10:03	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	298	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.862	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us6000rgq5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rgq5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgq5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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